{"id":3298,"date":"2022-12-03T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T12:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regtechafrica.com\/healthcare\/?p=3298"},"modified":"2022-12-03T12:41:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T12:41:12","slug":"global-india-seizes-opportunities-in-african-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regtechafrica.com\/healthcare\/global-india-seizes-opportunities-in-african-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Global: India seizes opportunities in African healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Like many African doctors, Peter Mativo had to travel overseas to complete his training.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2007 he left Kenya for Bangalore to pursue his goal of becoming a neurologist. After 18 months in India, he returned to Kenya and now works at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Most of us train in India, as Africa is not a developed continent. We have a very poor economy with no medical infrastructure in place nor specialised training,” he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I would have never been able to get a specialised degree if I would have not opted for India,” Mr Mativo says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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India is keen to strengthen such ties with Africa. It has identified the healthcare sector as one area where trade between the continents can flourish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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So young African doctors are encouraged to finish their training in India, meanwhile Indian healthcare firms are expanding all over Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The African market is a natural fit for Indian pharmaceutical companies, as India is the largest provider of generic medicine in the world,” says Nisht Dubey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Generic drugs made in India can sell at a quarter of the price of a branded equivalent, which makes them a popular choice in less well-off parts of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There is a big gap between demand and supply of medicines in Africa, with a huge disparity among rich and poor,” says Mr Dubey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Spurred by a shortage of medicine and hospital equipment in Kenya during the Covid crisis, Mr Dubey set-up Goodstrain Pharma in 2020. It imports medicine and medical products from all over the world into Kenya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Goodstrain’s warehouse and corporate offices are in Nairobi, but Mr Dubey wants it to expand across East Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Africa is the only pharmaceutical market where genuinely high growth is still achievable,” says Mr Dubey, who is originally from Uttar Pradesh in northern India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But getting a firm going in Kenya has not been easy. Goodstrain’s very first shipment to Kenya was held up at customs for weeks – a major setback for the young firm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Dubey says they were not ready for the web of regulations covering imports. Now a third party, which specialises in clearing imports, handles that for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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