UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS
16th December2021 The United Nations General Assembly voted the First Reloution for People Living With a Rare Disorder
After a first adoption by consensus in November, the final text became an official United Nations Resolution with the vote during the General Assembly on 16th December.
Rare Disease International, together with Eurordis and the Non Governemental Organisations (NGO) Committee for Rare Disorders advocated relentlessly with United Nations members to elaborate the resolution “Addressing the Challenges of Persons Living with a Rare Disorder and their Families”. This hard work has now been rewarded.
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Australia : Government is funding the « RArEST » initiative for 3 years with an amount of $ (AUD) 1.9 million. This initiative is led by Universities and the Federation « Rare Voices Australia », to improve Education, Support and Training courses for Rare Diseases . (©Orphanews 16th November 2021)
The UN calls on France to completely change its idea of disability. They especially tackle too « medical » approach and « systematic » institutionalisation. (© Hospimédia)
Ratification of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty. One of its priorities will be to act against sub-standard and fake medicines.
And also, the First African Summit on Rare Diseases was held in Accra (Ghana) on 1-3 December. The main theme was to engage in a dialogue between all stakeholders in the national and regional rare disease eco-system in Africa. (©Orphanews 2nd December 2021)
In the USA : Establishment of 31 Centres of Excellence for Rare Disorders. They will cover several specialties and provide rare disease patient education, training courses for physicians, and will contribute to enhanced research on rare disorders by promoting collaboration in this field. (©Orphanews 02 Décembre 2021)
In Italy : Adoption of a National Law for Rare Diseases. This law provides a definition of rare diseases as one with a prevalence of less than five patients per 10 thousand. This definition fits in with the one used at the European level. The law also provides for the establishment of a National Committee for Rare Diseases within the Ministry of Health. (©Orphanews 2nd December 2021)
