FILE PHOTO: A teacher teaches Chinese language to kids in a school at Namtit, Wa territory in north east Myanmar November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
LONDON, (Reuters) - - Despite steady development gains, a child's birthplace is still the biggest predictor of its future health, and no matter which country you're born in, life is harder if you're a girl, a major report said on Tuesday.
The analysis by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a leading philanthropic funder of health and development, found that some half a billion people worldwide still don't get basic health and education, and girls everywhere suffer disadvantage.
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