From 22 to 29 April, the global community comes together to mark World PI Week – an annual international campaign dedicated to raising awareness of Primary Immunodeficiencies (PIDs). This initiative unites patient organizations, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and the wider public in a shared call to action: work together to improve recognition, diagnosis, and care for people living with these conditions.
In February the ESID 2026 Local Organising Committee and the ESID Board gathered in Maastricht, the Netherlands for an important milestone on the road to the 22nd Biennial ESID Meeting. The visit to Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre (MECC Maastricht) which will be the host venue of the Meeting, offered an opportunity to review preparations on site, align strategic priorities, and fine-tune the details that will shape ESID 2026.
The 4th ESID PID Care in Development (PIDCD) School took place from 11–13 December 2025 at the Briig Boutique Hotel in the beautiful coastal city of Split, Croatia. This educational event brought together healthcare professionals from across the globe with a shared commitment to improving the care of patients with Primary Immunodeficiencies (PIDs).
The 7th edition of the ESID Diagnostic Workshop took place from 15–17 September 2025 at the Schloss Reinach Hotel in Freiburg, Germany. The event was organized by ESID, under the guidance of Clara Franco Jarava, Chair of the ESID Education Working Party, and Professor Klaus Warnatz from the University of Freiburg.
This May, the ESID Summer School 2025 brought together 25 passionate junior clinicians and researchers from 15 countries, alongside 10 renowned faculty members, for four unforgettable days of learning, collaboration, and connection in the coastal town of Castelldefels, near Barcelona, Spain.
The boundaries between immunology, haematology, and oncology are rapidly dissolving, and at the heart of this convergence lies a new frontier for patient care. At the upcoming ESID EHA SIOPE Focused Symposium 2025, taking place 18–20 November in Vienna, the spotlight will be on the critical interplay between immune dysfunction, blood disorders, and cancer.
The Genetic Immunology Advisor database is a collaborative and multi-institutional effort that aims to catalog and curate all the scientific literature on any genetically driven immune disorder. It contains detailed information on genes, genetic conditions, patients, variants, and labs offering functional tests for VUS resolution. You can access it here .
The diagnostic criteria for the most common PID are listed here.
