Victor Anomah Ngu
# Victor Anomah Ngu

Victor Anomah Ngu (1926–2011) was a Cameroonian professor, researcher and one time Minister of Public Health. The Professor became famous after inventing VANHIVAX (see Lachenal 2017), 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
