Welcome to the INGID web site
Welcome to the web site of the International Nursing
Group for Immunodeficiencies (INGID). The aims of the group
are given below, and all who are involved with Primary
Immunodeficiency Disorders (PIDs) are very welcome to find
out more about the group, and to join the group.
The 2008 ‘s-Hertogenbosch VIII INGID meeting from October 16-19 was a very successful one, and some of the presentations from that meeting can be seen on the 'Presentations' web page. A review of the meeting will shortly be available on the 'Biennial Meetings' web page. The IX INGID meeting will take place in Istanbul (Turkey) in October 2008, and already, the new INGID Board has started work preparing for that meeting.
As members of INGID, you will be kept up-to-date
on all developments over the next 2 years, but now is the
time to start thinking about presenting your own papers or
posters at that meeting. It is an opportunity to let other
nurses throughout the world know about the exciting work
that you are all doing in the field of immunodeficiencies
(as well as through the INGID eJournal).
Information about INGID
In an effort to make INGID more accessible to as many people as possible, we have written a leaflet for people, and have translated it into different languages so that you can use them to informs people in your country about INGID. At the moment, we have the leaflet in English, German, French, Italian, and Dutch. You can access these by clicking on the flag of the country. We would like to include other languages, so would welcome any offers to translate it into your language. If you are prepared to do this, please get in touch with Peter Vickers, who will provide you with a copy of the leaflet as a ‘word’ document and will offer what help he can. In the meantime, do print off these leaflets and use them to publicise INGID within your country.
      
Aims of INGID
The International Nursing Group for Immunodeficiencies
(INGID) was formed in 1994 by nurses who were working with
children and adults diagnosed with primary immunodeficiency
disorders.
The aims of INGID are to improve and extend
the quality of nursing care of patients with primary immune
deficiencies, and to increase the awareness and understanding
of primary immunodeficiencies amongst nurses.
This is being
achieved by:
- Forming international networks of
nurses working with patients who have immune deficiencies
in order to share knowledge, experience, information, and
research.
- Creating a base within the specialty
for international collaboration between nurses in research/quality
assurance projects.
- Working closely with ESID
(the European Society for Immunodeficiencies), IPOPI (the
International Patient Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiencies),
EFIS (the European Federation of Immunology Societies),
and with others who have an interest in primary immunodeficiency
disorders.
- Organising biennial INGID meetings. These are held at the same time and in the same place as the ESID and IPOPI meetings.
INGID President
Gaby Strotmann of Germany was elected President of INGID in ‘s-Hertogenbosch for a further 2-year term.
Full contact details regarding
the President and Board Members can be found on the web page
'How to contact us'.
Why become a member of INGID?
- You
get access to a world-wide network of colleagues working
within the primary immunodeficiencies, who are able to
share their knowledge and experiences.
- You get
the INGID eJournal (including an educational section) and
the INGID eNewsletter for free.
- You pay a substantially lower fee for the INGID biennial meetings.
You can read more about
INGID and its history on the web page titled 'About
INGID'.
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