麻豆社

For a long time lifestyle diseases such as cancer were more likely to have been found in the developed world, while poorer countries had a bigger burden of infectious diseases.

But that is changing and cases of non-communicable diseases are on the increase in many African countries and their health systems are struggling to cope.

Kenya - which is the continent's sixth largest economy - has only 20 oncologists yet more than 40,000 Kenyans are diagnosed with cancer diseases every year.

麻豆社 Africa's Health Correspondent Anne Soy went to Kenya's national hospital to find out how they are managing the huge increase in the number of cases.