Symposium: Primary immunodeficiency diseases in resourcelimited settings. 4-9 August 2010

Chairs: Professor Aziz Bousfiha, Clinical Unit of Immunology, Casablanca, Morocco and executive member of the African Society for Immunodeficiencies. Professor Jean-Laurent Cassanova, President of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies,

Programme: 1. Clinical advances in PIDs in Latin American countries. Professor Antonio Condino-Neto, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo – SP, Brazil. 2. Promoting PID care in Asia with e-based consultation and free genetic diagnostic service. Professor Yu Lung Lau, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 3. The outcome of bone marrow transplantation for PIDs in resource-limited settings, Email: Professor Abdulaziz Al-Ghonaium, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 4. The genetics of primary immunodeficiencies in North Africa. Professor Ridha Barbouche, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia and executive member of the African Society for Immunodeficiencies. 5. Primary Immunodeficiencies in Africa: clinical challenges. Professor Brian Eley, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa and executive member of the African Society for Immunodeficiencies,