DESMOND TUTU HEALTH FOUNDATION: MAKING A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE
PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE: Mrs Leah Tutu was thrilled to visit the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, in Cape Town, today, and interact with young people passionate about the health and wellbeing of their communities. The Health Foundation, headed by Professor Linda-Gail Bekker – a past President of the International AIDS Society – operates at the intersection of clinical research and community development. Although the rate of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in South Africa have decreased over the past decade, an estimated 7.6 million people are living with HIV, a number that continues to grow every year. The Foundation has established clinical research sites in under-resourced areas where people are at high risk of HIV infection, and contributes to local and national policy.