Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children's Hospital and FEDER join forces to tackle rare diseases
The new collaboration agreement between Barcelona's hospital and the Spanish umbrella organisation aims to drive knowledge-sharing, enhance coordination, and foster experiential exchange through
Health emigration in rare diseases: what do we know?
In some countries, treatments for rare diseases are not available for the general population, so families often choose to emigrate to have access to adequate therapies. Unfortunately, there is very
Czech Republic presents a Call to Action on rare diseases at the Expert Conference
Several European politicians and technicians attended this conference where the Czech government committed to push on a European action plan on rare diseases, presenting a Call to Action also endorsed
Rare Diseases Hub Ukraine in response to rare pathologies
It is estimated that there are around 2 million patients in Ukraine suffering from rare diseases. This situation has been exacerbated by the crisis resulting from the war. Rare diseases affect 5 out
Report - 1st day of the International Congress on the Effects of COVID-19 in People with Rare Diseases
The opening of the congress was led by Patricia García, medical director of the Garrahan Hospital, a reference centre for rare diseases in Argentina. García explained the challenge that COVID-19
International Congress on the Effects of COVID-19 on People with Rare Diseases
The International Congress on the Effects of COVID-19 on People with Rare Diseases will be held on November 9-11th 2020 and it is organized by the Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children's Hospital
How to guarantee quality in translational research for neuromuscular diseases
It is not easy to go from basic drug research to clinical trials on humans, and for rare neuromuscular diseases the scenario is even harder. Besides, not always all the projects arrive to the human