Rare disease policy needs to be implemented immediately: Prasanna Shirol, Co- Founder & Executive Director, ORDI

In an interview with ETHealthworld, Prasanna Shirol, Co- Founder and Executive Director, Organization for Rare Disease India, Bengaluru, talks about the bottlenecks that still exist even after the formation of rare disease policy. Edited excerpts:

Why does India need a rare disease policy?

There are around 7000 rare diseases in the world but in India there is no proper