Conference - European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD)

One-day conference “Rare disease perspectives in Central – Eastern Europe” organized by the Centre for Rare Diseases at MUG and EJP RD. It precedes the 3-day meeting of the General Assembly EJP RD (European Joint Program for Rare Diseases) hosted by the Medical University of Gdańsk.

The aim of the meeting is to bring together people from Central and Eastern Europe countries who are involved in the issue of rare diseases, and introduce them to the opportunities and calls arising from the recently commenced five-year EJP RD programme https://www.ejprarediseases.org/.

Foreign lecturers, people who play key roles in EJP RD will present the health policy directions of rare diseases programmes, research and innovation, currently developed ecosystem for data collection , current plans for Registers, proposed ORPHA coding system, biobanks, education in conducting rare diseases research, role and the capabilities of European Reference Centers and patient organizations. The presentations will be supplemented with short speeches on the current state of these issues in Poland. The meeting will be conducted in English.

The conference will pose a unique opportunity to gain knowledge about further possibilities of implementing the EJP RD programme and development directions for rare diseases reasearch in Europe.

Registration required: “https://www.ejprarediseases.org/index.php/2019/07/18/rare-disease-perspectives-in-central-eastern-europe/, open until September 1st, 2019”: https: / /www.ejprarediseases.org/index.php/2019/07/18/rare-disease-perspectives-in-central-eastern-europe/ open until September 1, 2019.

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