Do you know the Economic Impact of Diabetes? #9

Economic impact of diabetes

• Type 1 diabetes is particularly costly in terms of mortality in poor countries, where many children die because access to life-saving insulin is not subsidised by governments and is often not available at any price. A person requiring insulin for survival in Zambia will live an average of 11 years; a person in Mali can expect to live 30 months; in Mozambique a person requiring insulin will be dead within 12 months.

Sources:
2. WHO (from IDF Diabetes Atlas, 2003)

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