Calculating the cost: Is treating diabetes in your reach?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) spending more than one day’s income per month on family medicine makes it an unaffordable medicine. As those of you living with diabetes know, insulin is only one part of the diabetes treatment puzzle. Adding on the supplies to deliver insulin to your body and test your blood sugar can often double or triple the burden. Use the calculator to find out how affordable it is to treat your diabetes. Remember to calculate in your monthly amounts!
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