A4D is the only UK-based charity providing comprehensive partnership programmes with defined local diabetes clinics, which guarantees ongoing supplies of free insulin, blood glucose meters and hospital emergency funds, and which actively tracks HbA1c outcomes across the majority of supported countries in South-East Asia. The article has been written by Associate Prof May Ng, a leading expert in Type 1 Diabetes care based in the UK, and the co-founders of Action4Diabetes.