New Rare Care Centre will coordinate rare disease care at Perth Children’s Hospital (Australia)

On February 25th, a new Rare Care Centre was launched in Australia, which will provide a holistic model of care for children with rare and undiagnosed diseases. Based at Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH), the Centre has secured funding from leading Australian philanthropists and foundation, with a total commitment of 10 million Australian dollars over 5 years.…

Training for patient representatives and advocates on leadership and communication skills

As part of the training activities proposed by EJP RD, an international course entitled « Training for patient representatives and advocates on leadership and communication skills » is a 2-day training programme organised by Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) in close collaboration with EJP-RD task partners, open to patient representatives involved in the 24 European Reference Networks (ERNs), including members of the European Patients…

International Summer School 2022: Rare Disease Registries and FAIRification of Data

As part of the training activities proposed by EJP RD, the International Summer School on Rare Disease Registries and FAIRification of Data is a 5-day training programme organised by Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) in close collaboration with EJP-RD task partners, aimed at the international research community, clinicians, medical specialists, registry curators, database managers, healthcare professionals and rare disease patients’ representatives.…