by Whitney
Posted on April 27, 2020
Register now for IPOPI’s (International Patient Organization for Primary Immunodeficiencies) 4th Clinical Care Webinar. This webinar will focus on PI and Cancer “Understanding the Crossover”. Anyone interested can register Here The webinar will take place on 28 April, 9am EST and the invited speaker is Professor Isabelle Meyts from the University Hospital Leuven, Belgium. The…
by Whitney
Posted on April 21, 2020
CIPO is proud to celebrate World PI Week! This year, the World PI Week campaign celebrates its 10th anniversary. Ten years of collaboration and awareness-raising across the globe. For the first time ever, World PI Week will run for ten weeks, from 22nd April to 1st July. Ten weeks of campaigning and advocacy to put…
by Whitney
Posted on March 24, 2020
CIPO has received many inquiries related to COVID-19 (the current coronavirus), most of which are related to patient specific travel or medical care. For specific medical inquiries, please contact your healthcare provider, or treating specialist. COVID-19 in Canada Cases of COVID-19 in provinces and across Canada is changing by the hour. Please continue to check…
by Whitney
Posted on March 23, 2020
March 23rd, 2020 Update: CIPO Statement on COVID-19 CIPO has received many inquiries related to COVID-19 (the current coronavirus), most of which are related to patient specific travel or medical care. For specific medical inquiries, please contact your healthcare provider, or treating specialist. COVID-19 in Canada: Cases of COVID-19 in provinces and across…
by Whitney
Posted on March 10, 2020
March 9th, 2020 Update: CIPO Statement on COVID-19 CIPO has received many inquiries related to COVID-19 (the current coronavirus), most of which are related to patient specific travel or medical care. For specific medical inquiries, please contact your healthcare provider, or treating specialist. COVID-19 in Canada: As of today, there are 76 confirmed cases…
by Whitney
Posted on March 2, 2020
Winter news 2020 Greetings! Thank you for your interest in our newsletter. Please take a minute to read about all the exciting news taking place in the primary immunodeficiency community across Canada. Please remember to let us know about any changes to addresses or email, so that you can continue to receive news about the…
by Whitney
Posted on February 29, 2020
CIPO members who joined us for our last event in Kelowna may remember Registered Dietitian Nicole Fetterly giving a talk about nutrition. Well, David Suzuki also wanted to hear from Nicole! She spent some time with him at UVic, where she teaches nutrution, to discuss aging and eating well. Watch this clip below: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1695179843699
by Whitney
Posted on February 28, 2020
February 28th, 2020 CIPO Statement on COVID-19 CIPO has received many inquiries related to COVID-19 (the current coronavirus), most of which are related to patient specific travel or medical care. For specific medical inquiries, please contact your healthcare provider, or treating specialist. COVID-19 in Canada: As of today, there are 14 confirmed cases and…
by Whitney
Posted on January 17, 2020
CIPO has been advised by Canadian Blood Services that Hizentra Pre-filled Syringe 2g lot number P100047093, has been voluntarily recalled by CSL Behring. Patients are advised to check their lot number on any existing supply in their homes. This lot has been recalled due to a number of product complaints regarding the appearance of the syringes…
by Whitney
Posted on December 6, 2019
CIPO Chair, Christine Duncan, was in Ottawa on December 6th addressing concerns among the immunodeficiency patient population. Ms Duncan raised issues regarding the recent SCIG shortage and the recommendations brought forward in the report released by CIPO. You can read CIPO’s statement read by Christine here. CBS OBM Statement 06_12_19 Read CIPO’s report on the SCIG…