Good hair day: Nairobi stylist's wigs lift morale of breast cancer patients

In Kenya, according to the Global Cancer Observatory women under 50 account for more than half of the 7,000 women diagnosed with cancer each year. AFP

Hair stylist Diana Aketch felt helpless. She wanted to help a friend who was battling breast cancer but didn’t know how.

“When she lost her hair and breast, I could see how it affected her physiologically. She was quite sad,” said Aketch, who runs a salon in downtown Nairobi.