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01-12-2014 | Oral presentation
Towards a European platform for Rare Diseases Registries
Author:
Ciarán Nicholl
Published in:
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is a Directorate-General (DG) of the European Commission (EC), it was established in 1957 and its mission is to provide independent, evidence-based scientific and technical support throughout the EU policy cycle. Health is a key European policy area and research on Rare Diseases (RD) is identified as a priority in both the Commission Communication on RD: Europe's challenges COMM (2008) 679 final and the Council Recommendation on an action in the field of RD (2009/C 151/02). …