RON RAAB B.EC, PRESIDENT,

INSULIN FOR LIFE AUSTRALIA

INSULIN FOR LIFE INSULIN FOR LIFE AustraliaAustraliaWhat is it?What is it?• A not-for-profit organization established in 1999 in

Melbourne, Australia

Background:Background:• expands the activities of the International Insulin

Distribution Program, International Diabetes Institute, Australia, 1986 – 1999, based on not wasting insulin etc

Objectives: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.

Countries that have received Countries that have received iinsulin andnsulin and other other diabetes supplies fromdiabetes supplies from

Insulin For Life Insulin For Life Australia Australia since 1986since 1986

LOCATION OF INSULIN FOR LIFE

(Melbourne, Australia)

46 countries (221 separate occasions) to which insulin & 46 countries (221 separate occasions) to which insulin & other diabetes supplies have been sent since 1986other diabetes supplies have been sent since 1986

CubaIndiaPhilippines

Byelorussia

Congo (Rep)

Zanzibar

Zambia

Uganda VenezuelaUkraine

Togo

Trinidad & Tobago

Serbia

TanzaniaPeru

Russia

Sudan

Zimbabwe

MexicoLatvia

Kenya

NicaraguaLithuania

Rwanda

HaitiKosovo

Ivory CoastEl Salvador

NepalKazakhstan

GhanaEcuadorMyanmar (Burma)

TongaEstonia

Ethiopia

BoliviaEast TimorPapua New GuineaBulgaria

Congo (Dem Rep)ArgentinaBangladeshKiribatiArmeniaCameroon

CENTRAL & S.AMERICA / CARIBBEAN

SOUTH-EAST ASIA

WESTERN PACIFIC

EUROPEAFRICA

The 5 centres that are currently collecting & The 5 centres that are currently collecting & distributing supplies and are part of the Insulin for distributing supplies and are part of the Insulin for

Life network, or have been mentored by IFLLife network, or have been mentored by IFL

Location of Insulin For Life

(Melbourne, Australia)

IFL Oklahoma

IDD Trust, UK

Insulin Zum Leben, Germany

Diabetes Auckland

Total supplies donated by Insulin Total supplies donated by Insulin For Life Australia since 1986: For Life Australia since 1986:

1,225,000 mls insulin (=122,500 vials)210,538 blood glucose strips1,362,339 syringes

and meters, pen needles, insulin pens and lancetsand meters, pen needles, insulin pens and lancets

Estimated value $US 3,675,000

($AUD 6,934,000)12 03

ECONOMICS OF THE PROGRAMECONOMICS 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)

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