Gala Fundraiser
Join us for a night of elegance and purpose. Your presence at the FPID Annual Gala helps raise critical funds to support groundbreaking research and treatments for PIDs. Reserve your seat and be part of something truly special.
There are more than 10 million children and adults with primary immunodeficiency worldwide; more than one half million in the United States, and more than a million in India.
Primary immunodeficiencies (PID) are inherited diseases of the immune system, which render these patients susceptible to serious, and often life-threatening infection, autoimmune diseases, and cancer.
Some Facts About PID
Though individual PID may be rare; however, together they are not uncommon, yet very few people and clinicians know about PIDs. Therefore, there is a great need to educate the population in general regarding warning signs of PIDs, and for practicing physicians and pediatricians to diagnose and treat these patients to prevent complications and death. In India, there are very few institutions where patients with PIDs are diagnosed or treated; the majority of patients remained undiagnosed and die, contributing in part to India’s high infant mortality rate. In last 10 years FPID has changed the landscape of PIDs in India by supporting education, early diagnosis, and treatment. Foundation organizes annual Patients with PID Education Day, Physicians Education Day in IEI, and International symposium in the US and provide support for genetic testing.