Kenyan Pharmaceutical Industry Can Expect Significant Growth Despite Global Conditions, Finds Frost ...(f diagnosed cases in 2007 was over two m...),Health

Date:4/6/2009

f diagnosed cases in 2007 was over two million, of which approximately 1.8 million were reported to be type II diabetics. The anti-diabetic pharmaceutical market in Kenya earned revenues of $18.0 million in 2007 and is estimated to reach $29.0 million in 2014."

This heightened prevalence of type II diabetes is due to rapid changes in culture, an aging population, increasing urbanisation, dietary changes and the rise of sedentary lifestyles.

The Kenyan Ministry of Health is currently developing a comprehensive control programme for diabetes. Part of this treatment programme consists of raising awareness on the symptoms of diabetes and mobilising the population to visit diabetes clinics. This would ultimately improve the ratio of diagnosed cases, fuelling the growth of anti-diabetic treatments.

"Thirty nine main clinics and 113 mini clinics have been set up by the DMI and MoH in recent years," says Gerber. "However, there remains a pressing need to provide good quality but affordable anti-diabetic medication to these clinics as well as to private hospitals."

A key restraint in this market is, however, the prevailing poverty and illiteracy in Kenya. The population also has limited access to health facilities. This has led to 42.6 per cent of diabetic cases being undiagnosed, and hence, left untreated, causing these patients to develop secondary complications.

"The lack of stringent control measures has also led to the continued presence of counterfeit and substandard medications in the Kenyan market," states Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Jolize Gerber. "However, stricter enforcement of regulations, growth of the generic pharmaceuticals market and expansion of public treatment programmes will fuel future growth of the pharmaceutical industry."

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