Africa: Breakthrough Sickle Cell Gene Therapy a Distant Hope in Africa
Kampala, Scidev.Net — As Uganda rolls out mandatory nationwide screening of newborns for sickle cell disease this month, a gene therapy celebrated in the United States and Europe remains financially out of reach for most patients in Africa. Ayoola Olajide, president of Ikorodu Sickle Cell Club in Nigeria and a person living with sickle cell…