Rare Disease Collaboratives

Rare Disease Collaboratives are partnerships of organizations, researchers, healthcare providers, and patient groups working together to improve understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases—conditions that affect a small number of people. These collaborations pool resources, share knowledge, and coordinate efforts to accelerate research and develop solutions, which can be difficult for individual groups to achieve alone. By working collaboratively, they aim to improve quality of life for patients, streamline access to care, and raise awareness of these often-overlooked conditions.