“Rare Disease Day”
was conceived nine years ago and is marked on the last day of February every
year by the international rare disease community. This year, being a leap year,
29th February is a day when we hope to raise awareness and bring to the
forefront many rare diseases, that due to their very nature and small numbers
of patients, are not often heard of.
The blue denim genes
ribbon was cleverly conceived and adopted last
year, to represent rare diseases.
A picture is worth a
thousand words, so they say, especially in today’s high tech world, no one has
the time or patience to read, and attention spans are short. This is where
cartoons can effectively get a message across, imparting information,
expressing opinions and making a statement. It was with this in mind that a friend, who has been a Cartoonist for over forty years, kindly offered to
donate a cartoon especially for Rare Disease Day. I
would like to thank my friend, Yaakov Kirschen for his donation, courtesy: “The
Dry Bones Academy” which can be re-posted and used by anyone to promote Rare
Disease Day.
If you would like to read my article about Rare Disease Day, please take a look at The Huffington Post.
If you would like to read my article about Rare Disease Day, please take a look at The Huffington Post.
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