Individual country assessments
The International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF) Task Force on Insulin and Other Essential Diabetes Medicines and Technologies has as its aim to ensure access to insulin and other essential diabetes supplies to people with diabetes. The Task Force therefore needs to better understand the barriers to access to diabetes medicines and care in order to address situations where chronic problems exist with regards to the availability of and access to proper diabetes care.
Based on proven success, the Task Force is implementing the Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access (RAPIA) model in select countries located within the seven IDF Regions. The RAPIA, developed by the International Insulin Foundation (IIF), allows problems with diabetes care and access to medicines to be clearly identified allowing for specific targeted recommendations to be made to local stakeholders. It is not a statistical assessment of the health system, but aims to assess in a short time the situation with regards to diabetes care in a given country.
The RAPIA has been carried out in the following countries:
- Kyrgyzstan (2009)
- Philippines (2008)*
- Vietnam (2008) - Final Report (pdf)
- Nicaragua (2007) - Final Report (pdf)
- Mali (2004) - Final Report (pdf)
- Zambia (2003) - Final Report (pdf)
- Mozambique (2003, 2009) - Final Report (pdf)
*carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO)
