Professor  WALINJOM FOMBAD TENJERICHA MUNA, MD, PhD, FACC

The Muna family is sad to announce the death of Professor Walinjom Fombad Tenjericha Muna, MD. Professor Muna died on Sunday morning, February 24, 2019.

Professor Walinjom Fombad Tenjericha Muna was a retired professor of cardiology and internal medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon.

He was chairman of the board of the Daniel Mina Memorial Clinic.

Fifth of eight children of the Honorable Salomon Tendent Muna, former Prime Minister of Western Cameroon, Vice President of Cameroon and President of the National Assembly of Cameroon. He is survived by his wife Thérèse, an only child - his daughter - Vanessa, his grandson Humphrey, his sister and brothers, his nephews and nieces and other family members, and a beautiful family.

He received a BSc (Honors) and MA in Biochemistry from Washington State University in Pullman Washington in 1969. He then pursued a Ph.D. in Medicine (1973) and a PhD from the University of Washington. Seattle. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC).

Professor Muna studied internal medicine at the Osler Service at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (10974-1976) and cardiology at HLBI / NIH Bethesda Maryland USA (1976-1977) and at Yale-New University Hospital. -Haven (1977-1979).

He was chief of medicine and general director of the Yaoundé General Hospital from 1988 to 1996 and coordinator of the National Center for Hypertension and Diabetes.

Professor Muna has been President of the Cameroon Society of Cardiology and the Pan African Cardiology Society. He has also been a member of several international working groups for the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine (USA).

Professor Muna is a founding member of the Cameroon Academy of Sciences and President of its forum on public health. President of the National Epidemiology Committee of Cameroon for more than two decades, WHO expert and adviser on diseases Cardiovascular, he has participated in several local, regional, continental and international working groups and conferences on tobacco control.

He led the development of comprehensive anti-smoking legislation for Cameroon. Mr. Muna was Chair of the Tobacco Control Commission for Africa. He has been Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Chantal Biya International Research Center and current Chair of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on E-Health.

Professor Walinjom Fombad Tenjericha Muna was a knight, commander and grand officer of the Cameroon National Order of Valor and has received other local and international honors over the years.

Batonnier Bernard Muna,

On behalf of the Muna family