Africa: Breakthrough Sickle Cell Gene Therapy a Distant Hope in Africa

Via AllAfrica | 25 Feb 2026 - 14:01:54
[SciDev.Net] 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. Source