Lighthouse Trust Launches New Strategic Plan
adminLilongwe, 24 November 2022—The Lighthouse Trust has developed a new four-year Strategic Plan that was officially launched by the Minister of Health and Population, Hon. Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, MP., on Thursday, 24″ November 2022. The goal of this new strategic plan, which will run from 2022 to 2026, is for sustain operations of referral Centers of Excellence for the continu- um of HIV care in all tertiary-level hospitals in Malawi by 2026 and beyond.
The new strategic vision for the Lighthouse Trust is to be ‘‘a recognized leader in the provision of innovative, high-quality, and integrated HIV services”, while the mission is “fo continue contributing to Malawi’s national response to HIV by providing a continuum of quality-assured in- tegrated HIV care, developing model interventions and building capacity in the health sector”. The Trust has adopted seven core values that will guide conduct, decision-making and operations as follows:
- Confidentiality
- Compassion
- Collaboration
- Equity
- Efficiency
- Innovation
- Integrity
The plan also commits Lighthouse to the pursuit of three strategic objectives that will focus on: Service delivery: enhancing referral-level service delivery through provision of high-quality, integrated HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support services; for children, adolescents, adults, and key populations.
Model interventions and operations research: developing model interventions and operations research by piloting, evaluating, and dissemi- nating 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. Capacity Strengthening: strengthening capacity in healthcare for high quality HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support service.
The development of the Lighthouse Trust Strategic Plan resulted from broad consultations with internal and external stakeholders, specifically the Ministry of Health, Department of HIV, STIs and Viral Hepatitis to ensure consensus on relevance and prioritization of activities in relation to oper- ations of the Trust.
The new strategic vision for Lighthouse has been aligned with the Malawi National strategic plan direction to sustain gains made in the fight against the HIV epidemic and integrated services that will ensure quality care for all population groups.
For further information, contact Lighthouse Trust via e-mail at info@lighthouse.org.mw, or call our toll-free number, 169.
Mr. Safari Mbewe
LIGHTHOUSE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR