Make sensor technology a PMB for all Type 1s in South Africa
Making life easier – and safer – for those with Type 1 diabetes
Living with Type 1 diabetes is exhausting. The constant attempts to balance blood sugar with insulin, exercise, hormones, stress, sleep and daily life can sometimes feel impossible. There is something that makes it significantly easier, though – sensor technology. Not having to use outdated fingersticks to prick our fingers, but rather having access to 24 hour data to make decisions.
When it comes to Type 1, easier also means safer, because we’re at less risk of emergency hypo situations, and long-term complications from hypers.
Flash glucose sensors are the most affordable CGM available, and we are appealing to the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) to make them a Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) for all those with Type 1 diabetes in South Africa.
We’ve collected 47 pages of testimonials from people with Type 1, speaking about how sensor technology is essential:
Critical management of Type 1 diabetes in children
Help for the hypo unaware
Avoiding emergency situations
Fewer hospitalisations
Help during high-risk pregnancy
Reduction in HbA1c: protection against future complications
Improved physical and mental health
Better diabetes insight leading to better diabetes control
Reduced damage to fingertips
Please give us access to the sensor technology we need to avoid future harm from Type 1 diabetes.
Clinical data to support sensor technology
Here are just a few examples of the clinical data available that supports sensor technology.
Diabetes Technology: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019
Global IDF/ISPAD guideline for diabetes in childhood and adolescence, 2011
