06/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS) has just published a brochure entitled “Rare Diseases: Understanding This Public Health Priority”. This short document, written in layman's language, updates information on illnesses that affect less than one person in 2000, and often even less than that. The brochure may be downloaded from the Internet site www.eurordis.org.