[Obituary] John Yudkin

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Source: The Lancet

Original: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00377-6/fullt...

Published: 2026-02-28

John Yudkin was a doctor who campaigned for equitable access to insulin and trained a new generation of global doctors. He was born on June 25, 1943 in North London, Great Britain. He died there after a short illness on 17 December 2025 at the age of 82.[1]