Comprehensive rare disease policy needed: Dr Naresh Purohit

Hyderabad, Oct 4 (UNI) A comprehensive policy framework for rare diseases, coupled with improved patient care and early diagnosis, is the need of the hour, Dr Naresh Purohit, Executive Member of the Indian Medical Academy for Preventive Health said on Sunday. Dr Purohit said rare diseases were debilitating conditions requiring immediate attention and urged the Centre to strengthen the implementation of the National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD). In a letter addressed to union Health and Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda, Dr Purohit said that according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), rare diseases typically affect fewer than one…