Study to find out insulin storage temperatures to help refugees

[Amity Island]

Makes me feel lucky reading this, being able to just nip out to the local pharmacy...seeing the struggles of others.

The article explains how they are trying make insulin more widely availble by testing the effects of hotter climates on insulin storage.

Diabetes: The game-changing research that will save refugee lives

An innovative new study has shown that insulin can be stored at up to 37°C

msf.org.uk

 

[mikeyB]

I wonder how Inuit folk with T1 cope with storing insulin. And, come to think, how can they measure their BG when out and about? And do jelly babies freeze hard?

There’s folk in this country who won’t be able to store insulin properly. Folk who either can’t afford to run a fridge, or don’t possess one, those folk who daily run the choice of heating, eating, or paying the rent. There’s a couple of million or more like that. That’ll mean a lot of T1s. That’s what you get when you vote posh boys in to run the country. Levelling up? Aye, right.