Panama's Social Security Fund (CSS) has begun distributing and fitting continuous glucose monitoring sensors to children diagnosed with diabetes, as part of a public program for access to this technology.
The sensors provided last 14 days, and one of the features families value most is their ability to sound alerts when glucose levels start to drop, before the child loses consciousness or has seizures from severe hypoglycemia.
Public initiatives like this one aim to close the access gap for continuous monitoring, a technology that until recently was out of reach for many families due to its cost, especially in children, where early alerts are especially valuable.