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A call for global action for rare diseases in Africa

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The 11th International Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs (ICORD), South Africa, included the Africa-Rare initiative launch and facilitated multi-stakeholder engagement in the challenges facing, and opportunities for, Africans living with rare diseases. The following ICORD Global Call to Action, developed in collaboration with the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium, synthesizes the outcomes of the deliberations and emphasizes the international collaborative efforts required to address the global effects of rare diseases on public health

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Baynam, G.S. et al. 2020. A call for global action for rare diseases in Africa. Nature genetics, 52:21-26. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0552-2]

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