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RON RAAB B.EC, PRESIDENT, INSULIN FOR LIFE AUSTRALIA

RON RAAB B.EC, PRESIDENT, INSULIN FOR LIFE AUSTRALIA. INSULIN FOR LIFE Australia. What is it? A not-for-profit organization established in 1999 in Melbourne, Australia Background:

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RON RAAB B.EC, PRESIDENT, INSULIN FOR LIFE AUSTRALIA

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  1. RON RAAB B.EC, PRESIDENT, INSULIN FOR LIFE AUSTRALIA

  2. INSULIN FOR LIFE Australia What is it? • A not-for-profit organization established in 1999 in Melbourne, Australia Background: • expands the activities of the International Insulin Distribution Program, International Diabetes Institute,Australia, 1986 – 1999, based on not wasting insulin etc Objectives: • urgent short - term and continuous overseas supply of insulin and other items • mentoring similar programs in other countries • sustainable improvement in the cost of insulin to the user and in its availability in countries in need.

  3. Insulin For Life Global Network Active Supply Programs Bolivia Ecuador Congo (Rep) Congo (Dem Rep) Rwanda Tanzania Cambodia Kyrgyzstan Russia Turkey Uzbekistan Ukraine Maldives              Location of Insulin For Life Global (Melbourne, Australia)

  4. 58 Countries (336 separate occasions) to which insulin and other diabetes supplies have been sent by IFL Australia since 1986(sorted by IDF Regions) Africa Benin, Cameroon, Congo (Dem Rep), Congo (Rep), Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, Toga, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe Europe Armenia, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Turkey , Ukraine, Uzbekistan Western Pacific Bali, Indonesia, Kiribati, Myanmar (Burma), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Tonga, East Timor South-East Asia Bangladesh, India,  Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka Central & South America, Caribbean Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela North America USA (Hurricane Katrina) Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Bethlehem via Israel

  5. Insulin for Life International Collection Network European Society Pediatric Endocrinology 1600 members IDD Trust, UK IZL Germany IFL Oklahoma IZL Austria Location of Insulin For Life Global (Melbourne, Australia) Diabetes Auckland

  6. Total supplies donated by Insulin For Life Australia since 1986: • 1,225,000 mls insulin (=122,500 vials) • 210,538 blood glucose strips • 1,362,339 syringes and meters, pen needles, insulin pens and lancets • Estimated value $US 3,675,000 ($AUD 6,934,000) 12 03

  7. ECONOMICS OF THE PROGRAM Vials donated in 16 years = 123,000 (1,230,000 mls) Operating costs = $US 160,000($AUD 260,000) People supplied for 1 month = 123,000  Cost of each 10ml vial supplied= $US 1.30 ($AUD 2.15)

  8. www.insulinforlife.org

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