MEA Fetal & Neonatal Monitoring Market Size

MEA Fetal & Neonatal Monitoring Market Analysis

The MEA Fetal & Neonatal Monitoring Market is expected to register a CAGR of 6.80% during the forecast period(2024-2029).

• The outbreak of COVID-19 in the region adversely affected the market owing to limited neonatal intensive care unit (ICU) beds, delayed elective and/or complicated surgical procedures, inevitable staffing shortfall in the medical field due to illness, and scarcity of personnel in the newborn wards for monitoring. However, the strategies made by the hospitals for fetal and neonatal monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic created a significant impact on the market.
• For instance, in July 2022, Sheba Medical Center started to provide its pregnant virus-positive patients with a new Israeli-developed handheld system they use to monitor the fetal heart rate. This helps to avoid unnecessary contact, which reduces the spread of COVID-19 infection and is expected to have a significant impact on the market in the pandemic and post-pandemic period.
• Fetal monitoring devices are vital tools that are routinely used in gynecology and obstetrics interventions to examine fetal health during labor and delivery. Neonatal devices are thus extensively used in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), where complex machines and monitoring devices are designed for the unique needs of newborn babies. The prevalence of preterm births has increased in recent decades in these Middle Eastern countries. These preterm newborns are found prone to diseases and infections, which lead to death.
• For instance, in November 2022, UNICEF stated that in Lebanon, a country in the Middle East, 639 newborns passed away before becoming 28 days old in 2021. This high preterm death can be reduced using neonatal monitoring devices, which are expected to drive the market. Furthermore, government initiatives can help to manage these deaths with various campaigns.
• As per the same source, the Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon, in partnership with UNICEF, launched the National Newborn and Prematurity Campaign to raise awareness of the importance of proper health care for newborns and premature babies and highlight the essential role of family and health care providers. Hence, these campaigns on newborns who should be kept under surveillance using monitoring equipment increase the demand for monitoring devices and equipment in the region and are expected to boost the growth of the market over the forecast period.
• However, the stringent regulatory procedures in the region are expected to hinder the growth of the market over the forecast period.