Home insulin programme - Abyei - South Soudan

12-year-old Nyanjima Mayot with her mother Adau Wek. Nyanjima is one of the first patients on MSF’s home insulin treatment programme in Agok, South Sudan. She can administer her own treatment at home under the supervision of her mother, only needing a medical check-up once a month.

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF179965

Date taken / Date Recorded 11/06/2016 12:00 AM

Country South Sudan

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Musa Mahad

Copyright Musa Mahad/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

Maximum Size 6016px × 4000px 12.04 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist The MSF Hospital in Agok is the only hospital in the Abyei Administrative Area, serving a population of about 150,000 people. Following an increase in the numbers of patients diagnosed with diabetes and series of challenges faced during treatment, the hospital introduced a home insulin programme for patients living far from Agok. Children and adolescents suffering from diabetes have been trained by the medical team at the hospital how to monitor their blood sugar levels and how to administer the insulin injections correctly. The patients the go about their daily lives and only come to the hospital occasionally for a check-up, rather than having to move away from their families to live in Agok and seek daily care at the hospital.