1 in 17 people worldwide has a rare disease [1]
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We will have a shortfall of 10 million healthcare workers by 2030 [2]
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Less than 2% of the existing primary and tertiary care centre doctors are sufficiently trained in rare diseases [3]
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Family doctors have very limited time availability per patient: 45 seconds in LMIC countries, to 12 minutes in wealthy countries [4]
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The bottleneck is here... the outcome…
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A Diagnostic Odyssey…
that can last for years
References:
[1] Rare Disease UK. Sourced from https://geneticalliance.org.uk/campaigns-and-research/rare-disease-uk/
[2] Deloitte 2024 Global Health Care Sector Outlook. Sourced from https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/Industries/life-sciences-health-care/
analysis/global-health-care-outlook.html
[3] Ramalle-Gómara E, et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2020 Jan 17;15(1):18
[4] Irving G, et al. BMJ Open. 2017 Nov 8;7(10):e017902
[5] Willmen T, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Aug 23;23(1):904.
[6] The Cost of Delayed Diagnosis in Rare Disease: A Health Economic Study. Sourced from https://everylifefoundation.org
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