Medical Support
Closing the gap in access to life-saving Type 1 Diabetes supplies
Action4Diabetes provides access to free life-saving supplies to support children and young people
living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) across 7 countries in South-East Asia.
Reliable access to Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) supplies is essential for continuous T1D care
Research has shown that those living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in Low-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) continue to die at a disproportionately high rate due to a lack of access to T1D care.
A4D's Clinic Support Programme started in 2015 to close this gap in care with our very first site in Yangon, with just about 20 children.
We are now running in 7 countries across South-East Asia - Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, to address and close the gaps in T1D care.
Provided 190k+ insulin cartridges
Since starting in 2015, A4D has:
Provided continual T1D support to 1100+ young people
Conducted 11k+ HbA1c tests
Enabled 6.3 million+ glucose tests
In parts of South-East Asia, lives are still being lost to Type 1 Diabetes
The first person successfully diagnosed and treated for Type 1 Diabetes in Laos was in 2016.
Up until that point, anyone who developed the condition and could not afford care from outside the country’s healthcare system, did not survive.
Pasil arrived at hospital in diabetic coma after a two day journey in the back of pick-up truck. As luck would have it, A4D had just began operations at the hospital. Her life was saved, and she began to receive free medical care from A4D.
The charity now supports close to 80 disadvantaged people in Laos. However there are still many more dying due to misdiagnosis or gaps in access to care.
A Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis can lock a household in poverty and take away life-chances for whoIe families.
Joane is a promising young Taekwondo athlete. However, when she developed T1D at 14, her mother struggled to afford the care which took up to half of her income. The financial difficulties meant Joane could not progress in her sport.
When A4D began to cover her medical costs, Joane could return to training. She went on to win the two gold medals at the Junior ASEAN Games.