Congress Reviews

THE 11th European Conference on Rare Diseases (ECRD), partner organisation of the EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe, is the largest patient-led rare disease policy event. The fully virtual conference took place from 27th June to 1st July 2022 and saw over 1,000 attendees, including patient advocates, policymakers, researchers, clinicians, healthcare professionals, healthcare industry representatives, academics, payers, regulators, and member state representatives.

IN THIS year’s European Conference on Rare Diseases & Orphan Products (ECRD), experts, patients, and other stakeholders came together in a session to discuss the best practices for diagnosis and care for people with rare diseases.

AT the 11th European Conference on Rare Diseases (ECRD), held virtually between 27th June and 1st July as an official event of the 2022 French Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), experts discussed how invisibility in rare disease acts as a roadblock to reducing inequalities.

‘BUILDING bridges’ was the running theme of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2022. This theme was carried throughout a special range of sessions that focused on the interaction between radiologists and other specialists, but also within radiology, improving practice, patient outcomes, and efficiencies.

DETECTING cancer at an early stage is a multi-faceted challenge for clinicians. Screening programmes aid identification of disease before symptoms arise, when prognosis is likely to be better. However, several barriers affect implementation, uptake, and delivery of these programmes.

THE 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) took place in Milan, Italy, and online between 3rd and 6th July 2022.

In a live session at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) 38th Annual Meeting, a pertinent debate over reproductive rights in this millennium was held between Jennifer Merchant, University Panthéon-Assas Paris II, France, and Marleen Temmerman, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

THE 37th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Urology (EAU) took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and online between the 1st–4th July 2022. The opening ceremony began with a piano performance from the talented Wibi Soerjadi and a unique artistic display from a sand magician, who demonstrated his art by using sand alone.