Citizens with diabetes to be given medicines for free in Uzbekistan

According to the decree of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, citizens of the republic suffering from diabetes will receive free medicines.

Type 1 diabetes patients under the age of 25 are prescribed analogue insulin and self-monitoring devices (glucometer and test strips); persons with diabetes insipidus, children with somatotropic insufficiency will receive vital special medicines (desmopressin and growth hormone); patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus over the age of 25 and patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring insulin therapy are provided with human insulin; patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and those who are in the Unified Register of Social Protection will receive metformin free of charge as people in need.