Student-led research initiative
Why are children in Indonesia still being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes too late?
We are documenting the delays, the distances and the costs that stand between a child's first symptoms and their first vial of insulin.
Read the researchThe premise
Type 1 Diabetes is not preventable and not caused by diet. It is treatable — but only if it is recognised in time, and only if insulin is within reach.
1 in —
Children arrive in diabetic ketoacidosis before diagnosis
— provinces
Represented in our research community
— weeks
Median delay between first symptoms and diagnosis
Figures are withheld until our survey data is collected and verified.
Community story
“We visited three clinics before anyone recognized the symptoms.”
Parent of a 7-year-old · Jawa Timur
Read more stories →What we are asking
Five lines of enquiry guide our interviews, surveys and literature review.
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Public awareness
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Access to specialists
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Cost of insulin
04
Geographic barriers
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See the full methodology →