ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS MARKET REPORT 2025
ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS MARKET REPORT 2025
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Table of Contents
1
Foreword
2
Acknowledgements
Contributors and peer reviewers
Crosscutting
Digital
Hearing Aids
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Prostheses
Spectacles
Wheelchairs
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List of Tables and Figures
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Acronyms
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Executive summary
Outlook for assistive products
Unaddressed demand in LMICs
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Role of private sector in meeting demand
Factors driving high costs of assistive products
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Systemic barriers impede equitable access:
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1. Introduction
Methodology
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Limitations
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2. Demand landscape
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2.1 Hearing aids
Hearing aids demand landscape
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NGO market
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Corporate foundations
Global Procurement Services
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Government market
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Conclusion
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2.2 Prostheses
Prostheses demand landscape
NGO market
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Government market
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Conclusion
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2.3 Smartphones (digital assistive technology)
Smartphones demand landscape
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LMIC government market
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NGO market
Conclusion
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2.4 Spectacles
Spectacles demand landscape
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NGO Market
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Government market
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Conclusion
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2.5 Wheelchairs
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Wheelchair demand landscape
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NGO market
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Social enterprises
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Global procurement services for quality affordable wheelchairs
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Government market
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Conclusion
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2.6 Recommendations to address demand challenges for assistive products
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3. Assistive products supply cost drivers
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Cost components that are critical across assistive products supply chains:
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Cost component analysis for spectacles supply:
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Cost component analysis for hearing aids supply:
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Cost component analysis for prostheses components supply:
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Cost component analysis for wheelchairs supply
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Recommendations to optimize supply cost
All products
Spectacles
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Prostheses
Hearing aids and wheelchairs
Hearing aids, prostheses, and wheelchairs
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4. Conclusion
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References
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Annex 1: China Assistive Product Supplier Landscape
Executive summary
Key takeaways from the section
Market size:
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Key survey insights:
Key challenges for Chinese manufacturers:
Recommendations:
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Annex 2: NGOs, social enterprises and corporate foundations included in the report
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Annex 3: Country Summaries: Demand Landscape