Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In many lower-middle income countries (LMICs), poverty, insufficient infrastructure and lack of universal health coverage affect type 1 diabetes (T1D) outcomes. Limited insulin and unavailability of blood glucose monitoring supplies contribute to poor glycaemic control and T1D complications that adversely affect mortality and morbidity. Laos is a LMIC in Southeast Asia (SEA) with a population of 7.3 million. Its GDP per capita is USD 2,534 of which only 2.5% repr...

Introduction: Globally, the main cause of mortality of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is lack insulin access. There is minimal data of health outcomes for T1D in low-middle-income countries (LMICs) in South-East Asia (SEA) where government funding of insulin and blood glucose monitoring kits either do not exist or is limited. Action4Diabetes (A4D) is a non-government organisation (NGO) initiated in 2016 and supports children and young people (CYP) with T1D in five countries -Laos, Mala...