Post by Voices in Action (VIA) Diabetes

In honour of this year’s World Health Organization's #WorldHealthDay theme, “Together for health. Stand with science”, VIA Diabetes content lead Olivia Sophie Rafferty sat down with Iryna Vlasenko to discuss the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine about how we can help people living with diabetes in humanitarian crises, how pharmacists can play a bigger role in the healthcare system, and her personal impact on the diabetes community. Three key quotes from the interview: - "That was when I realised: I no longer have to follow my diabetes, my diabetes will follow me." - "Pharmacists can play a big role in patient care. They don't replace doctors, but they can assist them and get better outcomes." - "One thing we can learn from the Ukraine war is that we must prepare and we must educate people to ensure people living with chronic conditions are not caught out during humanitarian crises." #diabetes #diabetesawareness #voicesinactiondiabetes #peoplelivingwithdiabetes #science #type1diabetes