STORIES

Rick Brink – Minister with OI

Since 2019, the Netherlands has an unofficial Minister of Disability Affairs. Rick Brink who has OI and is using an electric wheelchair, won this appointment during the broadcast of the television programme ‘De minister van Gehandicaptenzaken’ (The Minister of Disability Affairs). Brink was elected by a jury, including former cyclist Leontien van Moorsel, cabaret artist…

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CONFERENCES

Networking in Brussels

OIFE had several representatives in Brussels attending the 3rd EURORDIS Multi-Stakeholder Symposium on Improving Patients’ Access to Rare Disease Therapies (https://www.eurordis.org/3rd-access-symposium) in February 2019. During the conference there were also opportunities to network. Here with representatives from Open App, Bindeweefsel.Be and Mereo. What was interesting to know? Our Honorary Member Taco van Welzenis gives an…

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