30 September 2020 – The Desmond Tutu Health foundation bids a sad farewell to Timothy Ray Brown today, who was the first person to be cured of HIV. Brown was declared ‘cured’ in 2008 following a complicated stem cell transplant for lymphoma. He became known as the “Berlin Patient” based on the city in which…
DetailsThe Desmond Tutu Health Foundation welcomes the positive opinion of the European Medicines Agency on the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring for use by cisgender women over the age of 18 in developing countries to reduce their risk of HIV-1 infection. “Women in Africa have been left behind by progress against HIV for far too long,…
DetailsWe are excited to announce we are running the 2020 Adolescent Youth Health Policy Online Short Course The course will start on 03 August 2020, Application deadline: 27 July 2020 Applications are now open! View the flyer here! Developed to support staff or governmental & non-governmental organisations working at a national, provincial & district levels, in the implementation…
DetailsThe 23rd International AIDS conference took place entirely online this week, for the first time in the conference’s history. It brought together scientists, policymakers, healthcare professionals and activists in over 600 virtual sessions. Important HIV prevention, treatment and cure research was unveiled while a closer look was given to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…
DetailsThe Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), invites ambitious African research fellows to undertake adolescent research in an exciting online, e-fellowship research programme. Applications are open to those involved in a wide range of research disciplines welcome, eg doctors, nurses, counsellors, community engagement staff, etc. Applications can be submitted…
DetailsThe Desmond Tutu Health Foundation condemns the decision of the Trump administration to withdraw from the World Health Organisation (WHO) during a global pandemic that has so far taken the lives of over 500 000 people around the world. As well as placing devastating strain on health systems around the world, the pandemic is also having…
DetailsWe are excited to announce that we are changing the name of our organisation to the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation. This move represents the widening scope of our work in public health research and community-driven health responses. Our name change acknowledges our expanding expertise that, directly or indirectly, contribute to our fight against HIV. “There…
Details“These are remarkable times – and defining times – for the global HIV movement and for the world,” International AIDS Society President and AIDS 2020: Virtual International Scientific Chair Anton Pozniak said. “Every conversation we have now sits at the confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic and a new global reckoning with systemic racism.” The 2020 International…
DetailsSome studies have suggested there may be a link between people’s vitamin D levels and COVID-19 outcomes, but leading local experts say there is little evidence to support this.
DetailsExperts say the much-anticipated prospect of millions of vials of C-19 vaccine being available in September or October, “highly unlikely”.
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