Lighthouse Trust

Lighthouse Trust is an indigenous Malawian non-profit organization that has established centers of excellence in HIV care in Malawi's referral hospitals. Over the past decades, it has operated five such centers across the country's major cities. Lighthouse Trust is registered to receive grants and other federal awards from the U.S. government.

Lighthouse Trust has received several significant federal grant awards, primarily for HIV/AIDS-related services in Malawi under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program. A major $28 million cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funds Lighthouse Trust to deliver high-impact HIV testing, treatment, and prevention services to help Malawi reach the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets. Key activities include operating HIV centers of excellence, providing advanced HIV care, strengthening the national HIV care system through mentorship and model interventions, optimizing HIV testing and linkage to treatment, ensuring viral load monitoring, and offering patient-centered advanced HIV services. Lighthouse Trust has also received sub-awards from the University of Washington, University of North Carolina, and others for projects focused on improving HIV treatment retention and data monitoring through innovations like two-way texting apps. Additionally, it has partnered with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and University of California, San Francisco on HIV/AIDS and HIV-related comorbidities research.