our mission
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what we do
WARD’S Foundation’s goal is to help these families
Individual diseases may be rare, yet in total they are more common than you think.
Educate
Individual diseases may be rare, yet in total they are more common than you think.
Unfortunately, 1 in 10 people in the US are affected by rare disease.
Improve
Rare diseases affect 25 to 30 million Americans, half of them children.
30% of children with a rare disease won't live to see their fifth birthday.
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