DISARMING DIABETES DAILY

  WHERE DIABETES SUPPLIES ARE EXPENSIVE MORE THAN LIFE   In Kenya, Nairobi city 4-year-old Nathania wakes up before sunrise. While other children prepare for school, her first task each day is survival through testing her blood sugar levels, injecting insulin given her beta cells are unable to perform normal duties. Nathania has lived with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) since she was 1 year of age . To stay alive, she needs insulin, a glucometer, test strips, and needles/syringes — but these are luxuries in her world. Her family travels for 20.7kilometers, about 1hour to using public means the nearest clinic with doctors that are trained specialists for children with diabetes , and some of the supplies are free, although some are often out of stock such as insulin. Sometimes it doesn’t arrive for weeks. When it does, it is not enough for everyone who visits the clinic — if we buy over the counter, it cost more than most of the parents earn in a month. Without refrigerati...