#RareDiseaseDay momentum is global and growing!

 

On the 29 February, the rarest day of the year, patients around the world will ‘Join us in making the voice of rare diseases heard’ by marking the ninth annual Rare Disease Day!

Organisations in over 80 countries and regions are participating in Rare Disease Day 2016 and have posted their local events on rarediseaseday.org. This year also sees organisations in Andorra, Aruba, Indonesia, Libya, Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda participate for the first time!

It doesn’t matter where you are- from Algeria to Japan and Guatemala to Switzerland, you can take part in the patient driven awareness day- #RareDiseaseDay! Find out how!

The official 2016 video has been viewed tens of thousands of times around the world in only one week! The video is now in 29 languages!

The #RareDiseaseDay momentum is global and growing. Get involved and help us in making sure that the Patient Voice is heard aroud the world!