• Map
• Health Indicators
• Geography
• Pharmaceuticals Market
• Climate
• SWOT analysis
• Demography
Map:
Geography:
The Republic of Yemen lies in the South of Arabia (The Arabian Peninsula), south-west of Asia, It is bordered by Saudi in the north; the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean to the south; the Sultanate of Oman and the Rub’a Al-Khali Desert to the east, and the area of the Republic of Yemen exceeds 555,000 km2.
Climate :
During summer, the temperature and humidity are high in the coastal areas, while the climate is moderate during winter.
From time to time rain fall, due to the monsoon, moderates the temperature over the coastal areas in summer.
In the mountain areas, the weather is moderate in summer and cold in winter.
Yemen Health Indicators :
Health Institutions:
• Number of Hospitals : 401
o Public 102
o Private 299
• Health Centers with Beds
o 223
• Health Centers without Beds
o 603
• Primary Health Care Units
o 2,566
• Maternity Centers
o 234
• Pharmacies & Drug Stores
o 5058
• Number of Physicians
o 9405
• Number of Nurses
o 19,348
• Number of Pharmacists
o 6,318
• Persons Per Physician
o 4000
• Number of Population Per Bed
o 2200 .
Pharmaceuticals Market :
• Imported Pharmaceuticals: 90 % of Total Medicines Market
• Market Size :
o USD = 315,789,473
o Medicines : 76%
o Equipment: 7.9%
o Accessories: 11%
• Number of Registered Drugs :
o 20,123
• Number of Registered Companies :
o 703 : 385 Active Companies
• Number of Active Agents :
o 172
• Annual Market Growth :
o 28%
SWOT analysis -Yemen :
1-Strength:
o Fast growing country.
o Foreign Aids to Yemen.
o Interesting of international organizations in fighting the poverty in Yemen.
o Stability due to partnership with USA against terrorism.
– Fully GCC membership very soon.
– Newly discovery of potential oil.
– Increase the price of oil.
– Good relation with international community.
– Improving in all economic sectors (fishing, agriculture,…etc ).
– High growth factor population.
2- Weakness:
– Long borders with neighboring countries.
– Imbalance distribution of geographical population.
– Dominating of wholesalers over distributional channels.
– High operational cost due to geographical nature of the country.
3- Opportunity:
– Long geographical area.
– Population ( 30,000,000 ).
– Improving in income growth rate.
– Promising oil reserve.
– Encouraging of investment.
– Increase awareness among health professional.
– Existence of majority of multinational companies.
– Adopting financial and economic reform program.
– Seasonal and endemic diseases.
4- Threats:
– Smuggling.
– Lack of ministerial control on prices.
– Open market.
– Unethical competition by generics companies.
Demography :
Demographic Indicators (2007)
•Population: about 30,000,000
• 65% in rural areas
• Population Gender Breakdown:
– Male 49.97 %
– Female 50.03%
– Population Age Brackets
– Average Age 21 Years
– Up to 14 years, 46.77%
– 15-24 years, 21.58%
– 25-60 – 27.11%
– Over 60, 4.54%
– Based on the above, Yemen has a relatively young population.