Integrating rare diseases into healthcare agenda

AS Malaysia joins the global community in observing World Primary Immunodeficiency Week (April 22 to 29), attention turns to a group of conditions that are often described as rare but are more accurately understood as rarely recognised.

These disorders, now classified as Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI), encompass more than 500 genetically-defined conditions that impair the body’s ability to defend itself against infections.