A survey of perceived entrepreneurial opportunities in HIV/AIDS mitigation in Nairobi

Abstract

HIV/AIDS pandemic is a global crisis that is not only threatening the health of humans but it is also affecting the social economic development. A lot of goods and services are required in order to reduce the impacts of HIV /AIDS. This has created market disequilibria, resulting in profit opportunities for entrepreneurial activities in HIV/AIDS mitigation. Some of the products required include, medical care, counselling services, ARVS, testing kits, education and awareness creation, as well as management logistics. The objectives of this study were to establish how the entrepreneurs perceived the opportunities in HIV / AIDS mitigation and to find out what challenges they faced in exploiting these opportunities. The subjects of the study comprised selected private organizations involved with the mitigation of HIV/AIDS. These were healthcare providers (hospitals), pharmaceutical companies manufacturing AR Vsand IEC organizations. They were selected on the basis of being the main stakeholders in the key interventional areas according to the Calderon (1997) Multidimensional Model. Out of a sample population of 60, 51 of them were accessed. Actual data was collected from 31 organisations by personal interview, email and drop and pick later (a variation of the mail method) thereby giving a response rate of 60.78%. Data was completed, coded analysed using descriptive statistics and presented in form of tables and figures.