Description
The MKI Health Information Centre in Pietermaritzburg will provide healthcare/public education and healthcare information to the general public from all walks of life, especially those living in remote areas, to promote individual and community health, taking into consideration their individual cultural sensitivities.
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HealthcareEducationProblem statement
Many parts of Kwazulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg) rank among the poorest in South Africa. In general, households in the outlying areas to the northwest and southeast have lower incomes, while those in south western areas tend to have higher incomes. High levels of poverty (more than 60%) and unemployment (at least 38%) make it difficult to pay for health services, which places increasing demands on the public health sector. Despite a significant increase in the number of primary care facilities, the challenges are manifold. There is still a big lack of healthcare information and education possibilities and public health services in these regions to ensure that healthcare information and education is affordable and accessible to everyone. We work in the area mentioned above. Our main aim is to get information regarding individual health to the individuals in the community. The main target group for us are women, both mothers and grandmothers, as they are the primary caregivers in the community. We do not exclude the male sector and we provide training sessions that will benefit them specifically as well. The individuals we are targeting need to understand that healthcare is a human right.
Goal
The goal of the project is to create, through a partnership, a Health Information Centre in Pietermaritzburg (KwaZulu-Natal) in South Africa for the purpose of educating the local community on the identification, symptoms and basic care with regards to basic illnesses that effect and affect a community. Another goal of this project is to provide healthcare education and healthcare information to the local people from all walks of life, especially those living in remote areas. Our mission is to empower local people to take care of their own health, the health of their family and of their community. Objectives: 1) To educate caregivers (healthcare workers) in the community with basic healthcare knowledge; 2) To create a train-the-trainer program to train community members and caregivers of the children of South Africa and equipe them with the relevant skills and knowledge; 3) To provide the community with correct information about identification and treatment of basic illnesses; 4) To educate the community using materials and programs created by the World Health Organization; and 5) To run training programs for parents/caregivers that are living in the area of the HICs or attend the HICs as outpatients. Apart from providing training and empowering healthcare workers, the centres will also provide support for parents whose children have been hospitalised for extended periods of time as well as providing stimulation programs for these children.
Main activities
1) Set up a Health Information Centre in Grey’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; 2) To provide health education and healthcare information to the general public from all walks of life from Kwa Zulu Natal are; 3) To educate caregivers (healthcare workers) in the community with basic health care knowledge; 4) To educate the community using materials and programs created by the World Health Organization; and 5) Provide guidance and education on basic health care issues impacting the community.
External risks
MKI has set up talks with the local partners about the building where the HICs will be located. There is a risk that the schedule to open the HICs cannot be realized in time, because we don’t know yet exactly how much time it takes to renovate these buildings (to make them suitable for the MKI HICs). We are setting up a working program with the local partners for each building so that we know exactly how much time we need to calculate to set up these Health Information Centres. Recent experience with two already realized HICs have given us valuable knowledge for the planning which we will include in the scheduling of the 2 HICS of this project.
Budget breakdown
Funded!
27 Nov 2012
The project, MKI Health centres, is funded! Today, we reached our goal: € 6500,-. To all our Supporter, Teams and Fundraisers: Thank you very much!! We will keep you updated on the development of this project.
World Healthday 2011
07 Apr 2011
On world health day, we celebrate all that is already achieved by MKI Healthcentres and ask your attention for all the work there is left to do. We are proud to have ambassador such as Desmond Tutu support the Health Centre in Pietermaritzburg. Are you joining us today?
Good news for the MKI Health Centres Project
23 Aug 2010
Dear Players, We have good news! We have received funding for our Health Information Centre in Worcester elsewhere. We are very excited to set up the Centre. This means that we only have 22.705,-- euros to go for the Health Information Centre in Pietermaritzburg. We would like to thank you for your continuing support. Let’s spread the word for this unique project in South Africa! Do good, feel good. Kind regards, MKI
Desmond Tutu plays it forward
11 Aug 2009
See here what Archbishop Desmond Tutu says about the outstanding work of the Medical Knowledge Institute.
MKI and the Nelson Mandela 46664 Bangle
17 Nov 2009
Last Saturday the launch of the 46664 Nelson Mandela Bangle took place in Amsterdam, NL. An event that MKI attended.. When the Nelson Mandela Foundation approached Harold Robles, founder of the MKI, to help introduce & coordinate the sale of the Nelson Mandela 46664 Bangle in the Netherlands, we gladly accepted. We are of proud our unique partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Here are some pictures to give you a feel of the day. Picture 1: Prof. dr. Harold Robles presenting the 46664 Bangle; Picture 2: MKI Goodwill Ambassador Barbara Barend with Pifworld's Karin; Picture 3: A capella choir Khayelitsha United Mambazo Ensemble.
MKI Health Information Centre in Kayamandi
05 Nov 2009
Dear Players, We recently opened an MKI Health Information Centre in Kayamandi! Here are some pictures to give you an impression. On the third picture may I introduce: In the front Kirsty Hunt, in the middle Louise Fourie from Legacy and our own Fikiswa, MKI's newest trainer/administrator for Kayamandi. Enjoy! Kind Regards, Harold
With Barbara Barend @ the Zomercompetitie
29 Jul 2009
See how well our Goodwill Ambassador Barbara Barend can play football!
Healing through knowledge - Clover Mama Afrika and MKI
09 Apr 2009
It’s been said that knowledge is power. This expression came to life beautifully when four Western Cape Clover Mamas were invited to join a workshop at the Medical Knowledge Institute (MKI). With its goal to offer a platform for the delivery of and easy access to high quality healthcare education and information, the Institute also supports the development and humanitarian objectives of healthcare programmes in developing and transitional countries. Mamas Daphne, Selestien, Pumla and Lumka acquired invaluable knowledge during the workshops. They learned more about the growing threat of cancer and received a primary structural education on... read more
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Medical Knowledge Institute
The Medical Knowledge Institute (MKI) is an international non-profit foundation committed to healthcare education and healthcare information. MKI acts from the premise that healthcare is a human right. The programs of MKI are designed to improve the quality and humanitarian values of life, especially in developing countries. MKI provides medical related training and workshops to local healthcare workers. It can draw from a worldwide pool of medical experts. MKI focuses on four themes: 1) HIV and AIDS: to push back the HIV and AIDS-epidemic in general and more specific to reduce the transmission from mother to child; 2) Human Resources for Health: to support local and national governments and other (public) healthcare organizations with the development and improvement of the quality of healthcare; 3) Cancer: effective implementation of projects aimed at prevention and early diagnostics of cancer; 4) Information providing: providing medical information to healthcare workers which they can use in their daily practice to achieve improved well being of the local population. The Medical Knowledge Institute is based in Oostvoorne, the Netherlands, and founded in 1999 by Dr. Harold E. Robles, Founder and President Emeritus of the Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities, and Dr. Peter J. Bittel, Chairman and CEO of The Futures Health Group.
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MKI (Medical Knowledge Institute)
MKI (Medical Knowledge Institute) is an international non-profit health organization. MKI offers training and information supply in developing countries from the conviction that access to healthcare is a human right.
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