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)