The Centre for Health Ecologies and Technology (CHET) at the International Institute for Art, Culture and Democracy (IIACD), Bengaluru presented its second Blue Ribbon Rare Diseases Symposium, Film Festival and Art Camp on 17, 18 and 19 March under its Medical Humanities and Bioethics Initiative (MHBI) and its Autism and Rare Disease awareness (ARDA) outreach programme.

Through its advocacy, research and practice which include rare disease policy frameworks, seminars, symposiums, art exhibitions and camps, film screenings and other creative media, CHET seeks to improve access to quality healthcare for people and families with rare diseases and raise awareness about these diseases and the lived experiences and needs of such patients.