South Africa : NGO Unclassified - Pairing internationally acclaimed research with community-driven development programmes - Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation strives to improve the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve while contributing to local and national health policy. DTHF has established clinical research sites in under-resourced areas where people are at high risk of HIV infection. With the cooperation of community leaders we provide opportunities for residents to assist us in research studies and programmes. Our research includes a range of HIV prevention modalities, vaccine candidates, treatment delivery and adherence, clinical trials, groundbreaking new drugs, and innovative technologies to address tuberculosis transmission. In addition to biomedical research, a socio-behavioural division seeks to understand the complex drivers affecting individual health-seeking behaviour.