A collection of insulin pens and needle caps beside a glucometer at the MSF clinic in Arsal, north Lebanon, where MSF re-introduced insulin pens as part of its free medical care for people living with type 1 diabetes. Photo credit: Carmen Yahchouchi/MSF

MSF proposal for Kenya’s Social Health Authority (SHA) benefits package to include analogue insulin pens to improve care for people living with diabetes

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Photo credit: Carmen Yahchouchi/MSF

In response to the Benefits Package and Tariffs Advisory Panel’s invitation for proposals for how to continue strengthening healthcare systems in Kenya, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for Kenya’s Social Health Authority (SHA) benefits package to include analogue insulin pens to improve care for people living with diabetes, in alignment with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Model List of Essential Medicines, Kenya’s Essential Medicines List and Kenya’s National Clinical Guidelines on the Management of Diabetes. 

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