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Frambu – Sterk på sjelden kunnskap

Strong on rare knowledge

Ingerid Ringheim

Frambu – Resource Centre for Rare Disorders

A medical disorder is considered rare when there are less than 100 known cases per million inhabitants. In Norway this corresponds to fewer than 500 known cases

Some 30 000 people in Norway suffer from rare hereditary or congenital disorders

The Norwegian Model

10 Resource Centres

Money for the centres are funded via the state budget

A national service

320 Diagnosis

Provide services for 16000 persons

Frambu Resource Centre for Rare Disorders

• Frambu is located 17 kilometers south of Oslo

Frambu offers assistance to about 100 different diagnosis

Frambu is the only centre with a hotel facility

Professional staff

70 beds

20 families

Kindergarten

School

What do we do at Frambu?

Residential courses

Communication and Documentation

Outreach activities in users local community

Research projects

Summer camps

What they do not offer to their clients

No medical

treatment

No individual

follow up

or therapy

But they offer

Some medical examination

Some advices

A lot of counselling

Advice about modification of activities and environment

Sharing of experiences between patients and professionals

What can they learn from their patients

Experiences about living with a rare disease.

How to achieve the best possible quality of life

Communication

Courses

Seminars

Conferences

Video meetings

E – learning

Web site

Facebook

Twitter

Issuu

You tube

Domiciliary visits

Guidance to families,

clients, relatives

people from the health service

Guidance meetings

Contribute to

coursesconferencesseminars

Summercamp = Empowerment

• See Frambu’s website: frambu.no

• Under ’Publications’ you can see a large diagnostic booklet for HSP.

• It is an inter-disciplinary presentation of HSP aimed at people with a diagnosis and their carers and service providers

• And a Directory which provides brief information about the condition, including the incidence, causes, characteristics and follow-up.

• And there are videoes about the diagnosis. There are 4 about HSP, but we speak Norwegian. But you can see some training..

• You can browse, download, and order all information material from Frambu.

All the information materials are free. Select the appropriate category in the menu to the right and click the arrow to download the magnifying glass to read or order button to receive materials by mail. Frambu pay any postage.

Welcome to Norway – thank you!

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