‘No country can claim to have achieved universal healthcare if it has not adequately and equitably met the needs of those with rare diseases’
To mark the occasion of Rare Disease Day 2017, Rare Diseases International, the Global Alliance of Rare Disease Patients, in partnership with the BLACKSWAN Foundation, the Swiss Foundation for Research on Orphan Diseases, and EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe, held a unique face-to-face discussion with people living with a rare diseases and policymakers.
The event was the first of its kind to be organised in Geneva and gathered international experts in the fields of public health, human rights, epidemiology, scientific research and patient advocacy to discuss why and how rare diseases should be included in the global health agenda.
This was an event in partnership and with support from the BLACKSWAN Foundation and EURORDIS, with the participation of IRDiRC, the NGO Committee for Rare Diseases, and Orphanet.