Rare Disease Day is an annual observance held on the last day of February (February 28th or February 29th in a Leap Year) to raise awareness for rare diseases and improve access to treatments and medical representation for individuals with rare and genetic diseases and their families.

 

1= Rare Disease Day in India was celebrated for the first time in India on February 28th 2010 held at Sir Gangaram Hospital in New Delhi.

 

2=.2nd Rare Disease Day on 28th February 2011 held at Kamaraj Memorial Hall Chennai ,

 

3=3rd Rare Disease Day on 29 February 2012 held at Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai,

 

4=4th  Rare Disease Day  on 28 February 2013 held at  Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

 

5=5th Rare Disease day   on 28 February 2014  was celebrated in India at many city like  Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Jaipur, Kolkata, Calicut, Kasangadu, Hyderabad.

 

6=6th  Rare Diseases Day 28 Feb  2015, Rare Diseases Day  was celebrated  in India in many city like   Jaipur, Delhi, Bangalore, Mannankadu, Hyderabad, Chennai,

 

7= This year 2016, Rare Diseases Day  was celebrated  in India in many city like   Jaipur, Delhi, Bangalore, calicut. GUNTUR,CHENNAI .

Source.http://www.rarediseaseday.org/events/world &http://www.lsdss.org/

 MERDIndia Celebrate7th  Rare Diseases day on 29 Feb2016 Monday at  Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh  Jaipur,