ron raab b.ec, president, insulin for life australia
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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.
Insulin For Life Global NetworkInsulin For Life Global Network Active Supply Programs Active Supply Programs
Location of Insulin For Life Global
(Melbourne, Australia)
Bolivia Ecuador Congo (Rep) Congo (Dem Rep) Rwanda Tanzania Cambodia Kyrgyzstan Russia Turkey
Uzbekistan Ukraine Maldives
Bethlehem via Israel
Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
USA (Hurricane Katrina)North America
Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela
Central & South America, Caribbean
Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri LankaSouth-East Asia
Bali, Indonesia, Kiribati, Myanmar (Burma), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Tonga, East Timor
Western Pacific
Armenia, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Turkey , Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Europe
Benin, Cameroon, Congo (Dem Rep), Congo (Rep), Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, Toga, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe
Africa
58 Countries (336 separate occasions) to which insulin and other diabetes supplies have been sent by IFL Australia since 1986 (sorted
by IDF Regions)
Insulin for Life Insulin for Life InternationalInternational Collection Network Collection Network
Location of Insulin For Life Global (Melbourne, Australia)
IFL Oklahoma
IDD Trust, UK
IZL Germany
Diabetes Auckland
IZL Austria
European Society Pediatric Endocrinology
1600 members
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)
