New WHO report maps barriers to insulin availability and suggests actions to promote universal access – “100 years after its discovery, insulin still out of reach for many living with diabetes”.

News Release: New WHO report maps barriers to insulin availability and suggests actions to promote universal access – World Health Organization

Report: Keeping the 100-year-old promise: making insulin access universal – World Health Organization

Commentary: Half the People Living with Diabetes Can’t Afford Insulin, WHO Report Shows – Health Policy Watch

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One hundred years of insulin therapy.

The state of diabetes treatment coverage in 55 low-income and middle-income countries – fewer than one in ten people with diabetes in LMICs receive comprehensive care such as low-cost medicines to reduce blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, in addition to counseling on diet, exercise and weight.

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

The ? WHO report on global access to #insulin shows how a century after its discovery, insulin remains inaccessible or unaffordable for many children and adults living with #diabetes around the ???.

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— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) November 12, 2021