James Elliott, Independent researcherand trustee of T1 International NGO

Biography

James Elliott is an independent researcher focused on diabetes, global health and wound care. He studies diabetes self-management, education and support, including in Lebanon and Oman. He works with Médecins Sans Frontières, Canadian Association of Wound Care and the International Interprofessional Wound Care Course at the University of Toronto. James is a trustee of T1International, an NGO advocating for the rights of all people with type 1 diabetes to access insulin (#insulin4all), supplies and care. He lives with type 1 diabetes in Toronto Canada, the birthplace of insulin.

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Opinion

Almost 100 years after it was discovered, let’s make access to insulin a reality in Africa!

Health

On 11 January 1922, Leonard Thompson, a young 14 year-old diabetic, was the first patient in history to be injected with insulin to treat his type 1 diabetes. While this discovery will soon be celebrating its 100^th anniversary, the hope it has generated is proving slow in materializing in a number of areas in the world, first and foremost in Africa. Despite the fact that needs are constantly increasing on the continent, access to insulin continues to be a privilege, a luxury that very few patients can afford.

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James Elliott

Independent researcherand trustee of T1 International NGO

Biography

ID4D Articles

Almost 100 years after it was discovered, let’s make access to insulin a reality in Africa!

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