The one-time treatment is out of reach in India and Africa — places where the disease is most common. Vast inequities cut much of the world off from gene therapy in general
African countries are investing to attract visitors from the largest outbound market in the world after the collapse in foreign arrivals during the coronavirus pandemic
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In Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya, homophobia has worsened, with political and religious leaders pushing for tougher laws. Much of this agenda is being supported by foreign money
Pneumonia is a silent pandemic that causes more deaths than the coronavirus, but receives neither the attention nor funding necessary to combat it. Around 700,000 children under the age of five die every year from it, mostly in poor countries
While activists in some places celebrated political and legal advances, observances also pointed to repression in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran