The Lighthouse Trust, a World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Centre of Excellence in HIV management, is a registered public trust that exists to contribute to Malawi’s national response to HIV as a model in providing a continuum of high quality care while building capacity in the health sector.

The Trust began in 1997 and was officially opened on 26th July 2002 in Lilongwe, Malawi. The Lighthouse Trust works in close coordination with the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Malawi to operate five integrated HIV testing, treatment and care Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba, and Mzuzu Malawi: Lighthouse Center on the campus of Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Martin Preuss Centre at Bwaila Hospital under the Lilongwe District Health Office, Umodzi Family Centre at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), Tisungane Clinic at Zomba Central Hospital, and Rainbow Clinic at Mzuzu Central Hospital.

The Trust also provided direct service delivery and technical assistance to eight prototype facilities in Lilongwe,namely Kawale, Area 18, Lumbadzi, Mitundu, Nathenje, Chileka, Chitedze, KCH OPD1 including two prisons (Maula and Kachere).

The main purpose of the Lighthouse Trust is to provide improved quality treatment, care and support services for people living with HIV in Malawi. The obectives of the Trust are as follows:

• Objective 1: To enhance referral-level service delivery through provision of high-quality, integrated HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services; for children, adolescents, adults and key populations

• Objective 2: To develop model interventions and operations research by piloting, evaluating, and disseminating innovative programs and policies across the continuum of prevention, treatment, care and support for HIV infection and its co-morbidities, both infectious and non-infectious.

• Objective 3: To strengthen capacity in healthcare for high quality HIV prevention, treatment, care and support service