hrp0095p1-451 | Diabetes and Insulin | ESPE2022

Maintaining insulin and medical supplies for disadvantaged people with Type 1 Diabetes in Southeast Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic

May Ng Sze , Toomey Nicholas , Manet Ban , Lin Kyaw Htun , Khambuapha, Khamtavanh , Martin Tyla , Ooi Fiona

Introduction: As COVID-19 spread across Southeast Asia (SEA) in 2020-2021, healthcare systems in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar braced as public health officials closed many outpatient diabetes clinics and healthcare professionals (HCPS) were redeployed to COVID-treatment zones. Action 4 Diabetes (A4D) is a UK non-profit organisation that has been providing free insulin and medical supplies to LMICs in SEA since 2016. With historically limited healthcare coverage ...