SOURCING · KENYA · UGANDA · TANZANIA · RWANDA
Medical equipment and supplies: three checked supplier quotes
For hospitals, clinics, laboratories, dental practices and medical distributors. Tell us what you need. We call you to confirm the spec, budget and timing, then pass your request to up to three suppliers who quote you directly. It’s free for buyers.
What you can ask for
- Patient monitors and ECG
- Ultrasound and X-ray
- Laboratory analysers
- Hospital beds and furniture
- Autoclaves and sterilisers
- Dental chairs
- Gloves, syringes and other consumables
Something else? Describe it in the request and we’ll tell you if we can find suppliers for it.
How it works
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1
You ask
Product, quantity, budget and when you need it. Two minutes.
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We call you
Within one working day, to confirm the spec and that you want to hear from suppliers.
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Suppliers quote
Up to three, so you can compare. Your details never go to more than three.
What the region imports
Largest products first: yearly imports into Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda combined (UN Comtrade). Open one for its countries and suppliers.
- Other medical and surgical instruments $125.1M
- Catheters and cannulae $31.2M
- Hormonal and spermicidal contraceptives $30.7M
- Syringes $27.5M
- Hospital furniture and beds $24.5M
- Medicated bandages and gauze $24.3M
- First aid kits $16.4M
- Medical X-ray machines $14.5M
- Industrial X-ray equipment $14.2M
- Respiratory therapy equipment and ventilators $11.8M
- Patient monitors and electro-diagnostic devices $11.0M
- Ultrasound scanners $10.7M
- Dental instruments and appliances $9.5M
- Orthopaedic and fracture appliances $8.4M
- CT scanners $8.4M
- X-ray equipment parts $7.0M
- Sterile sutures and surgical adhesives $5.3M
- Medical and suture needles $4.7M
- MRI scanners $4.7M
- X-ray contrast media and diagnostic reagents $4.6M
- Other disability aids worn or implanted $4.4M
- Adhesive dressings and plasters $4.3M
- Ophthalmic instruments $3.8M
- Industrial X-ray and radiation equipment $3.0M
- Breathing apparatus and gas masks $2.4M
- Dentists' and barbers' chairs $2.3M
- Artificial joints $1.9M
- Other artificial body parts $1.7M
- Massage and therapy apparatus $1.3M
- Medical lubricating and ultrasound gels $839k
- Hearing aids $831k
Who regulates imports
Checked 7 October 2026. Where we haven’t confirmed the rule from a published source yet, we say so.
| Country | Regulator and rule | Source |
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| Kenya | Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) Registers medical devices. Importers need a certificate of conformity for customs clearance before applying to the PPB for an import permit. | US Commercial Service, Kenya healthcare guide (July 2024) |
| Tanzania | Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) Regulates medical devices and diagnostics, and issues import and export permits through its online permit system. | TMDA |
| Uganda | Not yet checked. Ask us in your request and we’ll find out before suppliers quote. | — |
| Rwanda | Not yet checked. Ask us in your request and we’ll find out before suppliers quote. | — |
Ask each supplier who holds, or will get, the device’s registration in your country before you pay.