On October 12th, 2011, a High-Level Summit was held in Mexico City in order to enhance the lives of patients with Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) throughout Latin America. Organized by the Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF) in collaboration with the Latin American Society for Immune Deficiencies (LASID) and the International Patient Organization for Primary Immunodeficiencies (IPOPI), the meeting was comprised of Latin American government officials, Expert Immunologists and Patient Organizations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and the U.S. to endorse a Latin American “Call to Action”.
The document provides steps to assure earliest possible diagnosis and equal access to safe and appropriate treatment of Primary Immunodeficiency.
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