Claudia MartÃnez joins panel at 4th Symposium on Diabetes in Humanitarian Crises
Date
09 May 2024
Location
Athens, Greece
9-10 May 2024
Athens, Greece
In-person
The 4th Symposium on Diabetes in Humanitarian Crises aims to provide a platform for global health experts to exchange ideas and strategies for improving diabetes care in humanitarian settings; ensuring the accessibility of quality diabetes care for vulnerable populations affected by crises; and preventing unnecessary disability and death among people with diabetes in these settings.Â
The Access to Medicine Foundation's Head of Research, Claudia MartÃnez, has been invited to attend the symposium and serve as a panellist during the session titled, “Beyond Human Insulin in a Vial." Claudia will discuss the current landscape of insulin access initiatives, drawing from the Foundation’s work. This includes findings and recommendations from a 2022 report published by the Foundation’s Diabetes Care Programme, as well as insights gathered from a recent Amsterdam Session on diabetes care, held by the Foundation. Â
About the 4th Symposium on Diabetes in Humanitarian CrisesÂ
The 4th Symposium on Diabetes in Humanitarian Crises is scheduled for 9 to 10 May 2024, with attendees from approximately 86 international organisations, including the International Diabetes Federation, the World Health Organization, Santé Diabète, and Medicines Patent Pool, among others. The event will address future advocacy plans for insulin, SGLT-2, and GLP-1s, in addition to focusing on areas such as coordination, access to insulin and diagnostics, access to care, scarcity of data, pandemic and climate resilience, and financing. For more information, click here. Â