The Faculty of Health Sciences emerged 2^nd runners up in this year’s University of Nairobi annual sports day.

The teams comprising of both staff and students commonly known as Team Afya, had an impressive performance during the games.

Team Afya won gold medals in chess (women) and rugby; silver medals in netball and chess (men), and bronze medals in hockey, basketball, swimming and athletics.

Prof. Vishva Dixit, an alumnus of the University of Nairobi was decorated with the Bijvoet Medal by Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research at Utrecht University in Netherlands.

Prof. Dixit graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1980. He then joined Washington University School of Medicine and served as a resident in the Department of Pathology.