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  • Diabetes in Society

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  • Children
  • Insulin
  • Diabetes treatment > Access and supply
  • Developing countries

Authors

  • Graham Ogle
  • Martin Silink

Issue

  • Volume 48 | Issue 4 | Dec 2003

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IDF child sponsorship: life for a child with diabetes

Graham Ogle , Martin Silink
Dec 2003

For a family in a developing country, having a child diagnosed with diabetes can bring an overwhelming financial burden, and often ends in heartbreak. The IDF Child Sponsorship Programme, Life for a child with diabetes was established to help meet the medical needs of children with diabetes in developing countries, their families, and those who care for them. The Programme provides support to children's diabetes centres in developing countries, so that best practice care for that country can be provided to children from even the poorest situations.

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Volume 48 | Issue 4 | Dec 2003

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