Renhuai University for the Elderly enters the community to carry out “International Rare Disease Day” publicity activities

Colorful Guizhou Net News February 28, 2022 is the 15th “International Rare Disease Day”. Cadres and employees of Renhuai University for the Elderly entered Xinjing Community to publicize rare diseases such as albinism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, peroneal muscular atrophy, and osteogenesis imperfecta (porcelain doll), so that citizens can better understand the causes of various international rare diseases. Specific manifestations and prevention.

Rare diseases are those with very low incidence. Rare diseases are also known as “orphan diseases”. According to the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO), rare diseases are diseases with 0.65‰ to 1‰ of the total population.

According to the World Health Organization, there are 6,000-8,000 rare diseases in the world, and this number is still increasing by more than 250 kinds every year, affecting the lives of as many as 400 million patients worldwide.

Through this publicity, citizens have expressed that some rare diseases have never been heard of before. Thanks to this publicity by the University for the Elderly, we have gained a new understanding and understanding of rare diseases in the world. (Feng Shilin, Chen Chaochao)