Articles and Publications by and about the IIF

Essential medicines and access to insulin. Gill G, Yudkin JS, Tesfaye S, de Courten M, Gale E, Motala A, Ramaiya K, Unwin N and Wild S. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology 2017; 5(5): 324-325.
Beran D, Yudkin JS. The double scandal of insulin, J R Coll Physicians Edinb, 2013, 43(3):194-6.
Beran D, Yudkin JS, Atkinson MA. Global reality of type 1 diabetes care in 2013, Diabetes Care, 2013, Sep;36(9):e144.
Beran D, Basey M, Wirtz V, Kaplan W, Atkinson M and Yudkin JS. On the road to the insulin centenary, Lancet, 2012, 380 (9854): 1648.
Beran D, Abdraimova A, Akkazieva B, McKee M, Balabanova D and Yudkin JS. Diabetes in Kyrgyzstan: changes between 2002 and 2009, International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2012, 5 November e-pub ahead of print.
Beran D, Capewell S, de Courten M, Gale E, Gill G, Husseini A, Keen H, Motala A, O'Flaherty M, Ramachandran A, Swinburn B, Tesfaye S, Unwin N, Wild S, Yudkin JS. The International Diabetes Federation: losing its credibility by partnering with Nestlé?, Lancet, 2012, 380(9844):805.
Beran D and Higuchi M. Delivering Diabetes Care in the Philippines and Vietnam: Policy and Practice
Issues. Asia Pac J Public Health, 2011, Jul 3.
Beran D. Improving access to insulin: what can be done? Diabetes Management, 2011, 1(1):67-76.
Gill GV, Yudkin JS, Keen H and Beran D. The insulin dilemma in resource-limited countries. A way forward? Diabetologia, 2011, 54(1): 19-24.
Beran D, Silva Matos C and Yudkin JS. The Diabetes UK Mozambique Twinning Programme. Results of improvements in diabetes care in Mozambique: a reassessment 6 years later using the Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access. Diabetic Medicine, 2010, 27(8): 855-61.
Beran D and Yudkin JS. Looking beyond the issue of access to insulin: What is needed for proper diabetes care in resource poor settings. Diabetes Research in Clinical Practice, 2010, 88(3): 217-21.
Beran, D. The Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access (RAPIA): research for action on access to diabetes care. MERA: Diabetes International, 2009, 17(1):4-8.
Yudkin, JS, Holt, RIG, Silva-Matos, C and Beran, D. Twinning for better diabetes care: a model for improving healthcare for non-communicable diseases in resource-poor countries. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2009, 85(999): 1-2.
Beran D, Khue NT, Uoc HK, Toan, LQ and Deeb L. Access to insulin and barriers to care: results of the RAPIA in Vietnam. Diabetes Voice, 2009, 54(3): 19-21.
Beran, D. Mission Mozambique. Balance, 2009, March-April 42-46.
Silva Matos, C and Beran D. Improvements in care for people with diabetes in Mozambique. Diabetes Voice, 2008, 53(2): 15-7.
Beran D, McCabe A and Yudkin JS. Access to medicines versus access to treatment: the case of type 1 diabetes. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2008; 86(8): 648-9.
Beran, D, Atlan-Corea, C, Tapia, B, Martinez, AJ and Guadamuz De Castro, A. Diabetes care in Nicaragua: results of the RAPIA study. Diabetes Voice, 2007, 52(4)38-40.
Sidibé, AT, Besançon, S and Beran D. Le diabète : un nouvel enjeu de santé publique pour les pays en voie de développement : l’exemple du Mali. Médecine des maladies Métaboliques. 2007; 1(1): 93-8.
Beran, D, Besançon, S and Bowis, J. Le diabète, un problème majeur de santé publique pour l’Afrique. Revue ReMed. 2006; no. 33.
Beran, D and Yudkin, JS. Diabetes Care in sub-Saharan Africa. The Lancet. 2006; 368(9548):1689-95.
Beran, D and Besançon, S. Diabète en Afrique: Un problème majeur de santé publique. Equilibre. 2006; 254.
Beran, D, Yudkin, JS and de Courten, M. Assessing health systems for type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: developing a 'Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access'. BMC Health Serv Res. 2006;6(1):17.
Beran, D on behalf of the International Insulin Foundation. Access to insulin in developing countries. Essential Drugs Monitor, 2005; 34: 27-28.
Beran, D and Yudkin, JS. Letter. A theme issue by, for and about Africa: Tackling the challenge of diabetes. BMJ, 2005; 331:779-80.
Mention in the Minerva section of the BMJ (1 October 2005) of the IIF’s “Diabetes Foundation Report on insulin-requiring diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa”.
Beran, D, Yudkin, JS and de Courten, M. Access to Care for Patients With Insulin-Requiring Diabetes in Developing Countries: Case studies of Mozambique and Zambia. Diabetes Care, 2005; 28; 9: 2136-40.
Beran, D and Yudkin JS. Rapid Response. Diabetes in Africa: addressing the challenge. 31 August 2005.
Article written by the World Diabetes Foundation on the IIF’s work in their Q3-Q4 2004 Newsletter
Beran, D. Fundacion Internacional de Insulina: buscando atencion. Vivir Con Diabetes en Bolivia, 2004; 5; August: 12-3.Article in Bolivian Diabetes Association Magazine (Article in Spanish)
Beran, D. Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access: overcoming barriers to care. Diabetes Voice, 2004; 49; 2: 20-2.
Beran, D. Diabetes care in developing countries. Diabetes Wellness News, July 2004.
Boseley, S. Diabetes killing African children. The Guardian, 2003.
Yudkin, JS and Beran, D. Letter. Prognosis of diabetes in the developing world. Lancet, 2003; 362: 1420-1.
Humbelino, C. Governo ignora o peasdelo dos diabeticos. Imparcial, 2003; 2158: 1-2. Article in Mozambique daily about work of IIF. (Article in Portuguese)
Yudkin, JS. Insulin for the world’s poorest countries. Diabetes International, 2003; 12; 3: 60.
Yudkin, JS. Insulin for the world’s poorest countries. Lancet, 2000; 355: 919-21.
Beran D, Yudkin JS. The double scandal of insulin, J R Coll Physicians Edinb, 2013, 43(3):194-6.
Beran D, Yudkin JS, Atkinson MA. Global reality of type 1 diabetes care in 2013, Diabetes Care, 2013, Sep;36(9):e144.
Beran D, Basey M, Wirtz V, Kaplan W, Atkinson M and Yudkin JS. On the road to the insulin centenary, Lancet, 2012, 380 (9854): 1648.
Beran D, Abdraimova A, Akkazieva B, McKee M, Balabanova D and Yudkin JS. Diabetes in Kyrgyzstan: changes between 2002 and 2009, International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2012, 5 November e-pub ahead of print.
Beran D, Capewell S, de Courten M, Gale E, Gill G, Husseini A, Keen H, Motala A, O'Flaherty M, Ramachandran A, Swinburn B, Tesfaye S, Unwin N, Wild S, Yudkin JS. The International Diabetes Federation: losing its credibility by partnering with Nestlé?, Lancet, 2012, 380(9844):805.
Beran D and Higuchi M. Delivering Diabetes Care in the Philippines and Vietnam: Policy and Practice
Issues. Asia Pac J Public Health, 2011, Jul 3.
Beran D. Improving access to insulin: what can be done? Diabetes Management, 2011, 1(1):67-76.
Gill GV, Yudkin JS, Keen H and Beran D. The insulin dilemma in resource-limited countries. A way forward? Diabetologia, 2011, 54(1): 19-24.
Beran D, Silva Matos C and Yudkin JS. The Diabetes UK Mozambique Twinning Programme. Results of improvements in diabetes care in Mozambique: a reassessment 6 years later using the Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access. Diabetic Medicine, 2010, 27(8): 855-61.
Beran D and Yudkin JS. Looking beyond the issue of access to insulin: What is needed for proper diabetes care in resource poor settings. Diabetes Research in Clinical Practice, 2010, 88(3): 217-21.
Beran, D. The Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access (RAPIA): research for action on access to diabetes care. MERA: Diabetes International, 2009, 17(1):4-8.
Yudkin, JS, Holt, RIG, Silva-Matos, C and Beran, D. Twinning for better diabetes care: a model for improving healthcare for non-communicable diseases in resource-poor countries. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2009, 85(999): 1-2.
Beran D, Khue NT, Uoc HK, Toan, LQ and Deeb L. Access to insulin and barriers to care: results of the RAPIA in Vietnam. Diabetes Voice, 2009, 54(3): 19-21.
Beran, D. Mission Mozambique. Balance, 2009, March-April 42-46.
Silva Matos, C and Beran D. Improvements in care for people with diabetes in Mozambique. Diabetes Voice, 2008, 53(2): 15-7.
Beran D, McCabe A and Yudkin JS. Access to medicines versus access to treatment: the case of type 1 diabetes. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2008; 86(8): 648-9.
Beran, D, Atlan-Corea, C, Tapia, B, Martinez, AJ and Guadamuz De Castro, A. Diabetes care in Nicaragua: results of the RAPIA study. Diabetes Voice, 2007, 52(4)38-40.
Sidibé, AT, Besançon, S and Beran D. Le diabète : un nouvel enjeu de santé publique pour les pays en voie de développement : l’exemple du Mali. Médecine des maladies Métaboliques. 2007; 1(1): 93-8.
Beran, D, Besançon, S and Bowis, J. Le diabète, un problème majeur de santé publique pour l’Afrique. Revue ReMed. 2006; no. 33.
Beran, D and Yudkin, JS. Diabetes Care in sub-Saharan Africa. The Lancet. 2006; 368(9548):1689-95.
Beran, D and Besançon, S. Diabète en Afrique: Un problème majeur de santé publique. Equilibre. 2006; 254.
Beran, D, Yudkin, JS and de Courten, M. Assessing health systems for type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: developing a 'Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access'. BMC Health Serv Res. 2006;6(1):17.
Beran, D on behalf of the International Insulin Foundation. Access to insulin in developing countries. Essential Drugs Monitor, 2005; 34: 27-28.
Beran, D and Yudkin, JS. Letter. A theme issue by, for and about Africa: Tackling the challenge of diabetes. BMJ, 2005; 331:779-80.
Mention in the Minerva section of the BMJ (1 October 2005) of the IIF’s “Diabetes Foundation Report on insulin-requiring diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa”.
Beran, D, Yudkin, JS and de Courten, M. Access to Care for Patients With Insulin-Requiring Diabetes in Developing Countries: Case studies of Mozambique and Zambia. Diabetes Care, 2005; 28; 9: 2136-40.
Beran, D and Yudkin JS. Rapid Response. Diabetes in Africa: addressing the challenge. 31 August 2005.
Article written by the World Diabetes Foundation on the IIF’s work in their Q3-Q4 2004 Newsletter
Beran, D. Fundacion Internacional de Insulina: buscando atencion. Vivir Con Diabetes en Bolivia, 2004; 5; August: 12-3.Article in Bolivian Diabetes Association Magazine (Article in Spanish)
Beran, D. Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access: overcoming barriers to care. Diabetes Voice, 2004; 49; 2: 20-2.
Beran, D. Diabetes care in developing countries. Diabetes Wellness News, July 2004.
Boseley, S. Diabetes killing African children. The Guardian, 2003.
Yudkin, JS and Beran, D. Letter. Prognosis of diabetes in the developing world. Lancet, 2003; 362: 1420-1.
Humbelino, C. Governo ignora o peasdelo dos diabeticos. Imparcial, 2003; 2158: 1-2. Article in Mozambique daily about work of IIF. (Article in Portuguese)
Yudkin, JS. Insulin for the world’s poorest countries. Diabetes International, 2003; 12; 3: 60.
Yudkin, JS. Insulin for the world’s poorest countries. Lancet, 2000; 355: 919-21.