Outstanding Champion in the establishment of Public Health Programs in the University and the Country

• Pioneered Primary Health Care Research and Programs implementation at the Community level
• President’s Awards – EBS (2005)
• Queen Elizabeth II Gold Medical for Public Health in the Commonwealth (2007)
• Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize for Medical Services by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan (2008)
• Pioneer Health Award by AMREF USA (2010)
• 2020 Order of the Rising Sun. Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Gov of Japan. Highest Civilian Order