About Us
The goal of the Medical Knowledge Institute (MKI) is to offer a platform for the delivery of and easy access to high quality healthcare education and information while supporting the development and humanitarian goals of healthcare programs in developing and transitional countries.
MKI also serves as the hub of the MKI Global Network, a group of autonomous foundations and organizations around the world, implementing a range of initiatives which aim it is to promote and improve the quality of healthcare as a human right.
MKI is based in the Netherlands, and founded 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. MKI depends on funds raised from governments, business corporations, foundations and individuals.
The Medical Knowledge Institute is directed by an Executive Board, and supported by an International Board of Advisors and Goodwill Ambassadors.
“The Founders of MKI Drs. Robles and Bittel and their international team have helped rethink how we serve people with great disadvantages. The Medical Knowledge Institute is truly making a difference. I am proudly associated with them"
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
Last updated: June 30, 2010