This is the third Strategic Plan (SP) for the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) and it runs for five years from FY 2020/21 to 2024/25. It is aligned to the third National Development Plan (NDP III) as well as the third Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP III). The Plan presents the strategic direction of the Institute for the next five years with the aim of becoming a centre of excellence in cardiovascular services.

In order to achieve the strategic direction, the Institute conducted a situation analysis which included reviewing performance of UHI in the past five years. It is shown that the Institute implemented 57% of the previous plan. This was mainly due to the fact that the Institute did not construct and equip the UHI Home which significantly affected the performance and hence the planned targets were not achieved fully.

The overall goal of UHI for the next five years is to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in the country and this will be achieved through the following strategic objectives:

1. Strengthen health promotion and prevention of cardiovascular disease
2. Enhance institutional effectiveness and efficiency to meet the growing demand for cardiovascular services
3. Increase access to quality and equitable cardiovascular services to both local and international clients
4. Expand research and training in cardiovascular services
5. Manage and oversee cardiovascular services in the country

The Institute assumes that funding for construction and equipping the UHI Home will be acquired and therefore UHI will have more resources in terms of space, funding, Human Resource (HR) to achieve its planned targets. There will also be no adverse changes in the macro-environment (comprising the political, economic, social, technological, environment and legal aspects).

In order to achieve the above objectives, UHI will require total funding of UGX 583,800,858,000 over the Strategic Plan period of which 85% is expected to be provided by the Government of Uganda while 15% will be mobilized through donations and grants. The Institute plans to develop a resource mobilization strategy which will be used to acquire funding for implementation of the Plan.

Furthermore, the Institute plans to improve its partnerships and collaborations with regional referral hospitals as well as other local and international stakeholders as a sustainability arrangement for the Plan. Also, to ensure successful implementation of the Strategic Plan, a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Committee will be established and will be responsible for tracking progress in the
implementation of the Plan.

Finally, compilation of this Strategic Plan involved various consultations, both
internal and external. The technical team engaged of heads of departments at UHI,
Ministry of Health Top Management, National Planning Authority and the UHI
Board of Directors.