Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency International Alliance

 

Enhancing the quality of life for patients with PK deficiency and their families by providing awareness, expanding education and promoting advocacy.

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Our Purpose

The Pyrvuate Kinase Deficiency International Alliance provides science-based education to patients, their caregivers, and the medical community. Our nonprofit advocates on behalf of our community for affordable and accessible treatment options. We support rigorous research that advances the understanding and treatment of pyruvate kinase deficiency for patients of all ages, empowering healthy, long, fulfilling lives.

Our Objectives

  • Developing programs that meet the medical, financial, psychosocial and education concerns/needs of those affected by PK deficiency  

  • Offering educational and support materials through its website, provider database, newsletter, and brochures

  • Providing a national database of specialists knowledgeable in PK deficiency

  • Providing resource listing of physicians participating in clinical trials

  • Sponsoring education to assist medical professionals in establishing appropriate standardized diagnostic and treatment guidelines

  • Sponsoring national and regional meetings

  • Supporting research into the cause and management of PK deficiency

People with PKD need your help.