WorlD PI Week story competition


by Heidi Hudson-Bennett I’d like to introduce you to our three children, Merrick, Hannah and Cayla. On the outside they look completely normal but their bodies are fighting a daily battle against infections. The first few years of Merrick’s life were a constant battle and it felt as if we lived in hospital, Hannah…
IDF Guide for Young Adults
by Joy Rosario Gabrielle Rosario (Autosomal Recessive Hyper IgM) Gabrielle is 38 and works in the mobile health sector (MHealth) in Johannesburg. She was first diagnosed at the age of three. She had experienced recurrent middle ear infection (otitis media) from the age of 15 months and had her first of twenty six operations at 18…
Primary Immunodeficiency Disease (PID) is a rare condition whereby patients cannot fight off infections or viruses due to a compromised immune system. There are over 400 types of PID and, compared to international statistical data for incidence of PID, South Africa has a fraction of the number of patients diagnosed. This means that people with…
PID Kids and teens Sara LeBien’s Book Our Immune System A Story for Children with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Written By Sara LeBien