"Every disease evokes conditions of fragility, sometimes of isolation, particularly in the case of rare diseases, which present difficulties in diagnosis and therapeutic approach, as well as significant burdensome care and management of patients, also due to poor investments in the sector of research and pharmaceutical testing. In Italy there are more than two million people affected by diseases of this nature.
World Rare Disease Day draws attention to this particularly difficult condition.
The continuous progress of personalized medicine, genomic and biomedical technologies offer new treatment possibilities for various pathologies, paving the way for more targeted and effective therapies and making the future of many people affected by rare diseases increasingly encouraging, provided that the community knows how to take responsibility for the right to health of these citizens.
It is necessary to increase investments in research and encourage a multidisciplinary approach in order to identify effective and rapid diagnostic and treatment paths.
The approval of the "National Rare Diseases Plan 2023-2026", which took place last May, represents a step forward towards those who ask for concrete solutions to improve the quality of their lives, because no disease is ever too rare as not to deserve a effective treatment".
This is the message of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the occasion of World Rare Diseases Day.
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