EFIS is a non-profit umbrella organisation that represents 36 European immunology societies. Via funding initiatives and awards, EFIS helps to support immunological research and education and strengthens scientific interaction via study groups, task forces and its triennial congress - the European Congress of Immunology (ECI).
The Japanese Society for Immunology first published Karada wo Mamoru Meneki no Fushigi as part of its outreach efforts for the 2008 Day of Immunology. Recognising the value of such a resource in making immunology accessible to the public, particularly adolescents, EFIS translated the Japanese text to English and released Your Amazing Immune System - How it Protects Your Body in 2009. Since then, the book has been translated with EFIS support into 20 other languages, the versions of which may be downloaded from the links provided below.