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Rare Disease Day 2026
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Date(s)
February 28, 2026
Location
Thousands of events in over 100 countries Every year, thousands of events are organised across the world!
Time
00:00 - 23:59
<h1><span>28 February </span>is Rare Disease Day</h1> <p class="pitch">Raising awareness and generating change for the 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease, their families and carers.</p> <p class="pitch"><a href="https://www.rarediseaseday.org/">Get involved</a></p> <p class="pitch"> </p> <p class="pitch"> </p> </div> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x grid-margin-y margin-bottom-1"> <div class="small-6 small-order-2 medium-order-1 cell"> <dl> <dt>Event type</dt> <dd class="margin-bottom-0"><a class="underline" href="/events/whats-on/?type=General+%2F+Other"/>General / Other</a></dd> </dl> </div> <div class="medium-6 small-order-1 medium-order-2 cell"> <dl> <dt>Department</dt> </dl> </div> <div class="small-6 small-order-3 cell"> <dl> <dt>Audience</dt><dd class="margin-bottom-0"><a class="underline" href="/events/whats-on/?audience=All" aria-label="Audience: All">All</a></dd></dl> </div> <div class="small-6 cell small-order-6"> <dl> <dt class="mb-5">Add to calendar</dt> <dd class="margin-0"> <ul class="menu simple"> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&dates=20260228T000000%2F20260228T235900&text=Rare Disease Day 2026&location=Thousands of events in over 100 countries\nEvery year, thousands of events are\norganised across the world!" title="Save to Google Calendar" target="_blank"><span class="fab fa-google"></span></a></li> <li><a href="https://outlook.office.com/calendar/0/action/compose?allday=false&enddt=2026-02-28T23%3A59%3A00&location=Thousands of events in over 100 countries\nEvery year, thousands of events are\norganised across the world!&path=%2Fcalendar%2Faction%2Fcompose&rru=addevent&startdt=2026-02-28T00%3A00%3A00&subject=Rare Disease Day 2026" title="Save to Outlook Calendar" target="_blank"><span class="fa-brands fa-microsoft"></span></a></li> </ul> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <table> <caption>Event Organiser Details</caption> <tr> <td><strong>Website</strong></td> <td><a href='https://www.rarediseaseday.org/' class='underline'>https://www.rarediseaseday.org/</a></td> </tr> </table> <div class="cell margin-top-1"> <a id="share-button" class="share-button" data-toggle="share-1"><span class="far fa-share-alt margin-0"></span><span class="text-black">Share</span></a> <div class="dropdown-pane share-dropdown" id="share-1" data-dropdown data-auto-focus="true" data-close-on-click="true"> <ul> <li><a href="javascript:window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/RareDisease/Events/RareDiseaseDay2026.html&t=Rare Disease Day 2026', 'facebook_share', 'height=320, width=640, toolbar=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no');void(0);" class="facebook">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:window.open('https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/RareDisease/Events/RareDiseaseDay2026.html&title=Rare Disease Day 2026','linkedin_share', 'height=320, width=640, toolbar=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no');" class="linkedin">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://service.weibo.com/share/share.php?url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/RareDisease/Events/RareDiseaseDay2026.html&appkey=&title=Rare Disease Day 2026&pic=&ralateUid=&language=zh_cn','weibo_share', 'height=320, width=640, toolbar=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no');" class="weibo">Weibo</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:?subject=Rare Disease Day 2026 - Shared from Queen's University Belfast&body=https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/RareDisease/Events/RareDiseaseDay2026.html" class="email">Email</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <!-- SIDEBAR --> <div class="xlarge-4 cell show-for-xlarge"> <div class="xxlarge-padding-left-1"> <img src='/sites/media/Event template plain (1)-800x450.png' alt='' width='960' height='540' class='width-100 margin-bottom-1' loading='lazy' /> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x small-up-1 medium-up-2 xlarge-up-1"> <div class="cell" style="margin-bottom: 20px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Thousands of events in over 100 countries Every year, thousands of events are organised across the world!", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressCountry": "UK" } }, "organizer": { "@type": "Person", "name": "", "url": "https://www.rarediseaseday.org/" }, "additionalType": "General / Other", "eventStatus": "", "name": "28/02/2026 RDD", "startDate": "Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT", "endDate": "Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:59:00 GMT", "image": "/sites/media/Event template plain (1).png", "description": "28 February is Rare Disease Day Raising awareness and generating change for the 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease, their families and carers. 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