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Medical Knowledge Institute and South African Red Cross Society establish formal cooperation

Oostvoorne/Cape Town, September 3rd 2009 – The Medical Knowledge Institute (MKI), an international non-profit organization dedicated to healthcare education and healthcare information as a human right, and the South African Red Cross Society (SARCS) have established a formal cooperation. The organisations will cooperate in the areas of maternal and child health, within the context of preventing mortality and illness, as well as the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV.

MKI and SARCS want to develop cooperative activities, to improve the quality of healthcare in communities and to promote humanitarian values in healthcare through education and public health programs. Both organisations will undertake the following activities:

a. Exchange information on their respective health activities;
b. Joint training activities and public awareness activities, including Youth Peer Education, Prevention awareness campaigns, Anti-Stigma education;
c. Joint research activities into the child and maternal health within the context of South Africa;
d. Adapt and pilot the MKI’s health passport initiative in project sites;

Dr. Harold Robles, Founder and President Medical Knowledge Institute: “It is wonderful that The South African Red Cross Society wants to support our work. Acting together creates a powerful combination and enables us to reach even more women who need it and help them in an effective manner.”

“I really admire the MKI and their dedication to ensuring a holistic health picture for our communities, as well as the undying determination of their Dr Harold Robles to get this project off the ground”, says Mandisa Kalako-Williams, Secretary General of The South African Red Cross Society. “The MKI will have our full support and we will do anything in our power to make this agreement work for everyone involved!”