With reference to National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021 consider the following statements Rare dise...........

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With reference to National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021, consider the following statements

Rare diseases that require lifelong treatment with a relatively lower cost have been categorized under Group
Central government shall provide one-time treatment support under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi scheme for diseases listed under Group 1.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

About National Policy for Rare Diseases,2021
The policy aims at lowering the incidence and prevalence of rare diseases based on an integrated and comprehensive preventive strategy comprising:

awareness generation
premarital, post-marital, pre-conception, and post-conception screening
counseling programmes to prevent births of children with rare diseases
enable access to affordable health care to patients of rare diseases.

Categorisation: The policy divides Rare Diseases into three groups, namely:

Group 1:Disorders amenable to one-time curative treatment.
Group 2: Diseases requiring long-term / lifelong treatment with a relatively lower cost of treatment.
Group 3:Diseases for which definitive treatment is available, but challenges are to make optimal patient selection for benefit, very high cost, and lifelong therapy.

Hence both statements are correct.