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Achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, is a rare genetic disorder that impacts bone growth, affecting around 1 in 25,000 children worldwide. People with achondroplasia can face a lifetime of health complications, including spinal column narrowing, spinal cord compression, and bowed legs.
The drug vosoritide - when injected once a day in young children - could reverse the effects of dwarfism and allow children to grow to average height.
Daisy’s son Casper has achondroplasia and was faced with the decision to be part of the vosoritide drug trial, which could change his expected height.
An average two-year-old grows about six centimetres a year, while a child with achondroplasia grows about four centimetres a year. When bone growth stops in early adulthood, the result is a dramatic reduction in height and proportions.
It’s December 2020, nine months after the height of the pandemic.
In his garment factory amid the bustling factory belt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Zakirul Alam, shows row after row of his production lines that sit idle, shrouded in darkness.
“I can t even turn on the lights nowadays because I can’t bear the electricity,” he says.
Once a factory full of hundreds of garment workers, Zakirul tells Dateline he’s now in significant debt and has been forced to let many of them go.
In their place, sits piles of boxes full of clothes, much of it for Australian retailer Mosaic Brands.