Life with diabetes is complicated.
Access to vital insulin, diabetes supplies and medical care should be simple.
We are a nonprofit led by people with and impacted by diabetes, for people with diabetes, fighting for global healthcare equity.
By 2050, more than 1.3 billion people (opens in a new tab) will have diabetes. Yet the global diabetes crisis is underfunded and misunderstood. Insulin is essential for people with type 1 diabetes, and many with type 2. Though insulin’s discoverers gave away the patent for $1 so it could be available for all, a century later, half of the people who need insulin can’t access it. T1International is fighting to change that.
When you do not have your health, everything else is impacted. Intersectional issues of poor health, disability, and poverty can only truly be tackled through advocacy to address root causes. Rather than quick fixes or band-aid solutions, our model works collaboratively with leaders around the world, sharing tools and training to improve lives locally and effect change globally.
How We Work
T1International makes lasting changes in four ways:
We take action together
We build strategic campaigns and mobilize people around the world to demand structural change.
We team up for greater impact
We partner and collaborate with researchers, professionals, and grassroots groups to build a stronger unified voice for change.
We build community strength
We believe that when people come together, form groups, and get our voices heard, that is how we win.
We develop leaders
We provide trainings, resources, and work side-by-side changemakers in their communities.
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Our impact is powered by people with diabetes around the world who are organizing, speaking out, and demanding change
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Our impact is powered by people with diabetes and allies around the world who are organizing, speaking out, and demanding change.
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Barriers to access to insulin and other diabetes supplies can include unaffordable health care, institutional unresponsiveness, and major life transitions. Being unable to afford or access insulin or other required supplies is not the fault of any of us as individuals; rather, it is the outcome of decades of intentional policies and practices by Big Pharma.
Resource Library
Our resources help you take action. Explore tools built by and for people living with diabetes, researchers, and advocates. Use them to inform your own advocacy, join a campaign, or bring change to your community.
Join the Movement
Today, as the cost of insulin and diabetes care continues to put lives at risk, our mission is more urgent than ever.
Take Action
Add your voice to campaigns pushing for real change. Advocacy starts with you.
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Your gift helps us fight for insulin access worldwide. Every dollar supports organizing people on the frontlines of the insulin price crisis.
Get Involved
Join advocates and patients pushing for change in your community. There’s a role for everyone at T1International.