Daniel Lantum Noni : Academic Honours Rendered

Academic honours were on March 12, 2021 offered to a deceased Professor of Public Health, Professor Emeritus Daniel Lantum, at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde I. The event to pay last respects to a well-known medical officer and researcher who died on February 15, 2021 after an illness was done in the presence of the Vice Rector in charge of Research and Cooperation with Enterprises, Prof. Mathias Eric Owona Nguini on behalf of the Rector, Prof. Maurice Aurelien Sosso.
A tribute by the Rector of the University read by Prof Mathias Eric Owona Nguini portrays the late Daniel Lantum as one whose legacy is not just a motivation but rather a challenge as he has left a study gap to be filled by other medical researchers. The tribute states that he was an active member of several science societies around the world with several publications. 
In her eulogy, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), Prof Jacqueline Ze Minkande described the deceased as an inspiration to several generations. “He was a founding doctor in Cameroon and distinguished professor emeritus who had a long and rich career in teaching and research in public health,” she stated. 
The President of the Cameroon Academy of Science, Prof Sammy Beban Chumbow, said the fellowship has lost one of its oldest and most prudent members. “He was a man of service to God, humanity and the ...