Kenya: Kenya is facing a double crisis as non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular conditions overtake communicable diseases like tuberculosis, HIV and malaria as the top causes of illness and death.
What makes these NCDs spread is that they take long to manifest in an individual unless there is an option of early and continued screening and treatment. The World Health Organisation warns that by 2020, these diseases will be the leading cause of death in Africa.