Every year, Rare Disease Day is celebrated on the last day of February to raise awareness for unknown or overlooked illnesses and to improve access to treatment through research, diagnosis, and at a social level.
The first provincial festival at the Pediatric Hospital Pedro Agustin Perez, in Guantanamo City, that brought together a group of 40 children diagnosed with rare diseases, their parents, specialists and health sector executives in Guantánamo.