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Tue 06 Jun 2009Call for national plan for rare diseases
IRELAND NEEDS a national plan for dealing with rare diseases that affect about 140,000 people here.
That’s according to a recommendation adopted last week by the EU Council of Health Ministers, which calls for concerted action across Europe to code rare diseases, enhance research, identify centres of expertise and involve patients in policy decisions.
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