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Victor Anomah Ngu
Cameroonian academic

Victor Anomah Ngu

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Cameroonian academic
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Buea
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85 years
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Biography

Victor Anomah ngu (1926–2011) was a Cameroonian professor, researcher and one time Minister of Public Health. The Professor became famous after inventing VANHIVAX, a vaccine he affirmed is an immunological solution in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
He died at the Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital, CHU, after a protracted illness on 14 June 2011.

Education

After passing his Secondary school days at the prestigious St. Joseph's College, Sasse, Buea Cameroon]; he moved to the University of Ibadan (1948–1950), St Mary’s Hospital Medical School and the University of London (1951–1954).

Career

Professor of Surgery, University of Ibadan (1965–1971); Professor of Surgery, Université de Yaoundé (1971–1974); Vice Chancellor, Université de Yaoundé (1974–1982); President of the Association of African Universities (1981–1982); Minister of Public Health, Government of Cameroon (1984–1988); Director of the Cancer Research Laboratory, Université de Yaoundé (1984 - ); Founder - Hope Clinic Cameroon (1991)

Professional career

  • 1965–1971 Professor at the University of Ibadan
  • 1971–1974 Professor at the University of Yaoundé
  • 1974 - 1982 Vice Chancellor of the University of Yaoundé
  • 1981–1982 President of the Association of African Universities
  • 1984–1988 Minister of Public Health, Cameroon
  • 1984 Director of the Cancer Research Laboratory, University of Yaoundé
  • 1991 Founded Hope Clinic Cameroon

Awards

The professor emeritus received a number of awards and distinctions

• Grand Commander of the National Order of Valour in Cameroon

• Albert Lasker Medical Research Award in Clinical Cancer Chemotherapy

• Dr. Samuel Lawrence Adesuyi Award and Medal by the West African Health Community

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