KENYA-AFRICA-HEALTH-CANCER

Radiation therapists Rose Wekesa (L) and Bhatt Krishna prepare a patient for a raditation session at the Cancer Care Kenya centre in Nairobi on December 19, 2016. A World Health Organisation (WHO) survey showed that most Africans had at least one risk factor for developing one of the lifestyle diseases -- cancer, diabetes and heart problems -- such as smoking, a lack of exercise, poor diet and obesity. / AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA