Polish activity within Orphanet Europe--state of art of database and services.

Orphanet is an international project aiming to help in improvement the diagnostic process, care and treatment of patients with rare diseases, and to provide information on development in research and new therapy. Orphanet is currently represented in 38 countries. The infrastructure and coordination activities are jointly funded by Inserm, the French Directorate General for Health, and the European Commission. Moreover, certain services are specially funded by other partners. Orphanet's activities in each country of the network are partially financed by national institutions and(or) specific contracts. In this paper we present the Orphanet portal as well as the Polish national activity within this project.