Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF) is a nonprofit organization founded to provide treatment for and conduct HIV/AIDS research.

It is supported by Desmond Tutu in its mission to include HIV and tuberculosis treatment, prevention, and training to the most affected populations in the South Africa and beyond.

[2] The DTHF has built a reputation for excellence[citation needed] in medical research and innovative community participation and support by working with local and international partners and with City and Provincial health authorities in the Western Cape.

The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation head office is at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town.

The foundation organized South African participantion for the IPrEx study, which was a clinical trial testing the effects of Truvada, a pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection.