Feb202018

Results from innovative tuberculosis vaccine trial show potential for new BCG revaccination strategies and hope for subunit vaccines.

Scientists from the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) based at the University of Cape Town and the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation have presented the findings of an innovative clinical trial that provides encouraging new evidence that TB vaccines could prevent sustained TB infections in high-risk adolescents. The results were presented at the 5th Global…

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Feb82018

Measuring Early Treatment Adherence (META) Study: What We Found

The DTHF team at the Gugulethu Research Offices (GRO) under the direction of local Principal Investigator, Assoc Professor Catherine Orrell, has been involved with this adherence study for the past three years.   The aim is to contribute to the work being undertaken on adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) to achieve an AIDS-free generation.     This is…

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Dec182017

20,000 Moments Condoms Donated to Women of Worth

Many young South Africans do not know that contraceptives are available. The shipment of more than 20 000 Coral Healthcare condoms has arrived in time for our Women of Worth (WOW) training session on sexual and reproductive health to take place next week. The condoms will be going into health packs that will be distributed to 10 000…

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Dec52017

Apply for the Mark Wainberg Fellowship Opportunity for Clinicians

The Mark Wainberg Fellowship Programme: Experts in HIV Service Delivery is a two-year fellowship for five sub-Saharan African clinicians. This initiative is part of the IAS Educational Fund. The receivers of this initiative will spend one year in Europe and one year in Africa at clinical institutions. They will receive in-depth training on HIV clinical…

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Dec52017

Butler’s Pizza for World AIDS Day

On December 1st, World AIDS Day 2017, the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (Cape Town, South Africa) partnered with Butler’s Pizza. Butler’s pizza made fifteen pizzas per clinic to help us show our appreciation for our healthcare workers in clinics around the Klipfontein and Mitchell’s Plain regions. The nurses and health workers were delighted that their work is…

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Nov272017

Buy Butler’s Pizza and Support the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

This World AIDS Day 2017, the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (Cape Town, South Africa) has partnered with Butler’s Pizza (website here) for World AIDS Day 2017. For the week around World AIDS Day (27 November – 3 rd December), anyone in the Cape Town Butler’s Pizza delivery zone can phone Butler’s Pizza and have the option…

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Nov142017

Teens Trust the Tutu Teen Truck!

The Tutu Teen Truck is a non-traditional health clinic on the back of a truck. This free service is not restricted to one place as it drives to different locations in Cape Town, delivering free healthcare to young people between 12-24 years. It targets areas that adolescents can find easily in limited-resource settings such as near…

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Nov92017

IAVI Fellowship Grant Applications in Adolescent HIV/TB Research 2018

The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF) at the University of Cape Town, in partnership with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), invites ambitious research fellows to undertake adolescent research in an exciting flagship HIV research programme. The IAVI Fellowship grant applications can be made following the instructions in the flyer below.

Nov62017

Research Trials at Emavundleni

The Emavundleni research centre is a branch of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation that specialises in HIV prevention and also research. There was a need for an adolescent-friendly space and so, an additional clinic was established at Philippi Village for the implementation of adolescent clinical trials. It is anticipated that the first studies to be implemented at…

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Nov62017

ECHO Study: The Successes and Challenges of Long-Acting Contraception

In developing countries, there will be an estimated 89 million unintended pregnancies this year. Nearly three quarters of these women are predicted to have no access to any contraception. This directly affects maternal mortality. There are 308 thousand expected maternal deaths in 2017. This can be reduced to 84 thousand with full contraceptive coverage and maternal care…

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