South Africa Hospital Supplies Market-Growth, Trends, and Forecasts (2020 - 2025)

Market Overview

Major factors driving South Africa Hospital Supplies market is growing geriatric population, increasing hospital stay, due to chronic diseases and surgeries, rising incidences of chronic diseases, and innovations taking place in hospital supplies. For instance, According to Globocon, in 2018, 1,07, 467 new cancer cases were diagnosed, and 57, 373 deaths were reported due to cancer in South Africa. Moreover increasing rate of surgical site infections and hospital-acquired infections are acting as a driving factor especially for the disposable hospital supplies in South African Hospital Supplies Market. However, the growing popularity of home healthcare services is hindering the hospital supplies market​ in South Africa.

Scope of the report

Hospital supplies include every medical utility product that serves both the patient and medical professional with hospital infrastructure and enhance the network, transportation between hospitals. These include hospital equipment, patient aid, and mobility equipment, and sterilization disposable hospital supplies.

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Key Market Trends

Sterilization and Disinfectant Equipment segment Holds Significant Share in South Africa Hospital Supplies Market

• For every hospital and patients in the hospital, the cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization play a significant role. High expenditure is made on hospital supplies to maintain the cleanliness in equipment (such as prevention of health-care-associated infections (HAIs)), surgical instruments, and staff hygiene.​
• There are certain species that generate a high percentage of infections, such as Acinetobacter species. Certain chemical companies warn hospitals and authorities about these species, thereby helping them in eradicating the infections or these species”
• Guidelines for the Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in South African Hospitals were revised in 2019 and proper planning was described by the Department of Health, South Africa.
• Covid -19 outbreak is the global threat that has mandated the sterilization process in every country in order to eradicate the spread of the virus even in South Africa also. According to WHO, 1845 total covid-10 positive cases and 18 total corona deaths were reported in South Africa as of April 9th 2020. Thus, the high incidences of various diseases and infections in the country is driving the segment to grow significantly.

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