Join Together for Better Care: Rare Disease Day 2014
Rare Disease Day is a worldwide awareness campaign that place on the last day of February each year. The main objective of Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness of rare conditions and their impact on patients' lives.
Each year Rare Disease Day focuses on a key area and the theme for 2014 is 'Join Together for Better Care'. The theme highlights that the many different facets of rare disease care represents a universal need for patients and their families around the world.
Each disease is different but they affect people in similar ways. Joining together can help patients and their families find common solutions for care.
Rare Disease UK coordinates events in the UK and in 2014 we will be holding receptions in all four homes nations to mark Rare Disease Day. Details about these events will published soon.