The International Congress on the Effects of COVID-19 on People with Rare Diseases will be held on November 9-11^th 2020 and it is organised by the Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children's Hospital (Barcelona), the Sant Joan de Déu Foundation, the Garrahan Hospital and its Foundation (Buenos Aires) and two Argentinian patient organisations, ALAPA and FADEPOF.

The congress arises from the recent creation of the international registry of patients with rare diseases and COVID-19, which aims to improve the current knowledge of the effects of this new infectious disease in rare disease patients. The initiative is fostered by Share4Rare, aimed at connecting and educating families affected by rare diseases, as well as promoting collaborative research through the sharing of clinical information from relatives and patients.

The congress is addressed both at the scientific community and at patients and families, and will tackle different topics related to the current pandemic: study of new vaccines, psychosocial impact, consequences of the disease, access to treatments, healthcare models, etc.

The event will be held online on 3 different days. There will be simultaneous translation into English of those sessions in Spanish. Here you will find the detailed program of the sessions and in this link you can register in those that interest you the most (there are 9 sessions, 3 per day):

Dates:          

• November 9^th     4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Barcelona time)

                                     12:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Argentina time)

• November 11^th    4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Barcelona time)

                                     12:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Argentina time)

• November 13^th   4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Barcelona time)

                                     12:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Argentina time)