Cross-border policies

Cross-border genetic testing of rare diseases

Methods for carrying out genetic testing are developing at an unprecedented and unforeseen rate. Simultaneously, the overall number of genes linked to rare diseases (RD) is increasing. This means that it is now possible to provide an etiological diagnosis for several thousand RD(or ‘Mendelian’ diseases). Although accurate diagnosis enables specific treatment for only a minority […]

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Asylum seekers in the EU

EU member states granted protection to more than 185,000 asylum seekers in 2014, an increase of almost 50{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} compared with 2013. Since 2008, more than 750,000 asylum seekers have been granted protection status in the EU. To download the publication, click here on http://ec.europa.eu

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Rare diseases

A disease or disorder is defined as rare in the EU when it affects less than five in every 10,000 citizens. However, because there are so many different rare diseases – between 6,000 and 8,000 – between 30 and 40 million people in the EU, many of whom are children, suffer from rare diseases. Most rare

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Cross Border Association of Public Health and Social Medicine

2009 – 2010 This project focused on establishing a cross border Association of Public Health and Social Medicine with colleagues in Kent and Medway and the Somme in France. The cross border Association shared and compared ways of addressing health threats/ challenges, perceptions, community practices and responses to specific health issues – especially in the prevention of long term

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