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Learn more about the rights of individuals with SBH as per article 25 of the UNCRPD

Two new Knowledge Briefs have been published by the Folate Task Team, with the support of IF, to help reduce the incidence of neural tube defects, with a special focus on low and middle income countries

IF’s long-time partners Femke Bannink, Ruth Nalugya and Geert van Hove are the authors of a study aiming to give a new perspective on how disability is perceived in Uganda, and to develop a better way to include children with disabilities in the primary education system.

We're so happy to hear that our partner organisation SHA-U, supported also by Norad and RHF, is distributing folic acid in schools to girls of childbearing age!

For this year Rare Disease Day we invite you to join us in raising awareness and spreading the voice about rare diseases, such as spina bifida and hydrocephalus!

IF Secretary General was at the United Nations headquarters in New York for the Annual Meeting of Rare Diseases International, where he gave a speech focused on how to integrate rare diseases into the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) based on the experience of IF.