Rare Diseases in Underdeveloped Countries of West Africa. Are they Really Rare?

Next February 28 will be celebrated once again the international day of rare diseases, it is my intention to expose the reasons why these diseases are forgotten, silenced and underdiagnosed in developing countries, with the consequent delay in diagnosis, cure or relief and co or consequence late incorporation into society to the extent of its possibilities and as unfortunately often occurs discrimination and stigmatization of patients.

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The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].

This work did not receive any external funding.