ASIA PACIFIC HIV DIAGNOSTICS MARKET ANALYSIS

Market Challenges And Opportunities

Restraints & Challenges:

• Inadequacy of competent healthcare personnel, unreliability of test results, and poor staff attitudes 

Increasing government initiatives to reduce HIV/AIDS burden are expected to drive Asia Pacific HIV diagnostics market over the forecast period

Governments of various countries in Asia Pacific are taking initiatives to create awareness regarding HIV among people due to high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the region. This in turn is increasing adoption of HIV diagnostic instruments and test kits. Low literacy rate coupled with unawareness regarding transmission mode on HIV, changing lifestyle, and unsafe sex are some of the factors leading to increasing number of HIV cases. In order to lower the disease incidence and increase life expectancy of infected patients, governments of various countries along with NGOs are focusing on improving HIV diagnostics and making them easily accessible to the general population.

Furthermore, in April 2022, UNAIDS regional and country teams met with key government partners, civil society and community networks at the Regional DFAT Grant Implementation Meeting to share progress, achievements, opportunities and areas for strengthened collaboration in Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. The meeting took place in Bangkok, Thailand, in April 2022, and was joined by the government, civil society, communities and country office representatives from Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.

Moreover, in January 2022, Asian Development Bank (ADB) provided a strategic link between Myanmar’s government and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) currently providing HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services in order to strengthen the provision of healthcare in remote, vulnerable, and hard-to-reach populations.