1. RON RAAB B.EC, PRESIDENT, INSULIN FOR LIFE AUSTRALIA

2. INSULIN FOR LIFE Australia What is it? A not-for-profit organization established in 1999 in Melbourne, AustraliaBackground: expands the activities of the International Insulin Distribution Program, International Diabetes Institute, Australia, 1986 – 1999, based on not wasting insulin etcObjectives: 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.

3. Countries that have received insulin and other diabetes supplies from Insulin For Life Australia since 1986 Countries that have received insulin and other diabetes supplies from Insulin For Life Australia since 1986 LOCATION OF INSULIN FOR LIFE (Melbourne, Australia )                                         

4. 46 countries (221 separate occasions) to which insulin & other diabetes supplies have been sent since 1986 CubaIndia Philippines Byelorussia Congo ( Rep ) Zanzibar Zambia Uganda Venezuela Ukraine Togo Trinidad & Tobago Serbia Tanzania Peru Russia Sudan Zimbabwe Mexico Latvia Kenya Nicaragua Lithuania Rwanda Haiti Kosovo Ivory Coast El Salvador Nepal Kazakhstan Ghana Ecuador Myanmar (Burma) Tonga Estonia Ethiopia BoliviaEast Timor Papua New Guinea Bulgaria Congo (Dem Rep ) ArgentinaBangladeshKiribati Armenia Cameroon CENTRAL & S.AMERICA / CARIBBEAN SOUTH- EAST ASIA WESTERN PACIFIC EUROPEAFRICA

5. The 5 centres that are currently collecting & distributing supplies and are part of the Insulin for Life 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

6. Total supplies donated by Insulin For Life Australia since 1986:  1,225,000 mls insulin (=122,500 vials)  210,538 blood glucose strips  1,362,339 syringes and meters, pen needles, insulin pens and lancets  Estimated value $US 3,675,000 ($AUD 6,934,000) 12 03

7. ECONOMICS 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)

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