All across the world, countries are facing a difficult economic time. But there are few places in the developed world in as critical condition as Greece, where unemployment has reached staggering heights. Like the U.S., Greece’s healthcare is built on private insurance companies, and nowadays, more and more people with diabetes are unable to afford their medications.
In our continuing series on diabetes across the globe, Lena Zafeiriou, a 37-year-old type 1 living in Athens,…
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A few weeks ago, several bloggers were contacted by a representative from an organization called the Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance. We visited their website to check them out, but it was slim on information: Who are the people behind this Cure Alliance? It was a big mystery, and some folks were even concerned it could be a scam…
Turns out that Stoyan Zaimov is one of the people behind the scenes at the JDCA. He’s…
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Lack of access to diabetes supplies and education is a serious issue that we often talk about in regards to developing countries. But the fact of the matter is that it’s also a huge problem here in the U.S. This month’s DSMA (Diabetes Social Media) carnival topic aims to tackle the issue with this question:
Let’s discuss the lack of diabetes education, supplies and insulin for PWDs living here and in other countries. What can…
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According to the World Health Organization, diabetes affects 285 million people. Since we know they don’t all live in the United States, we have been (virtually) traveling around the world to learn what life with diabetes is like elsewhere, visiting countries like Spain, Serbia and England.
Today, Margot Vanfletern, a 17-year-old student living in Belgium who’s had type 1 diabetes since she was two-and-a-half years old, shares what it’s like in her country. Margot lives…
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