Winning the cancer war in Sub-Saharan Africa

 NAIROBI — Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity, kill 41 million people per year, with 77per cnet of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).In Sub-Saharan Africa, NCDs are now responsible for roughly 37 per cent of deaths, up from 24 per cent in 2000. Cancer is one of the top three diseases

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