The co-operation will build on existing MfA contacts with governments and universities in Africa, supported by American universities and company interests, and the unique interactive technology of Instantstream™.  Three Instantstream technologies are considered for this collaborative venture; StreamMed, Streamphone and StreamLearn.  StreamMed is an interactive Medical Web conferencing service and assistive diagnostic solution which is based the innovative Instantstream's Streamphone™ technology and is accessible to any physician and patient from any computer, web browser or communication device, located anywhere in the world.  Streamphone integrates audio and video with synchronized PowerPoint slides, allowing an effective way to connect with a target audience – physicians in remote areas or medical students in lecture halls in African universities.  Additionally, Medicine for Africa, will subscribe to StreamLearn, which is a fully interactive online/on demand virtual classroom with video lectures (which is localized in various dialects), handouts, PowerPoint's, testing and student transcripts. 

Medicine for Africa is a public-private partnership (PPP) project, aimed at supporting the general health care system in select African countries by providing necessary medical equipment, medical personnel from developed countries, and medical education and training to local students and future physicians. Madagascar and Cameroon are among some of the African countries that have expressed an early interest in evaluating possibilities of collaborating in telemedicine services and more.

Mr. Michael J. Daly, CEO of Instantstream, expressed his satisfaction about this agreement, "We are pleased to extend our interactive conferencing services to the medical area, after our early successes in demonstrating our global communication systems to the Nigerian Department of Petroleum Resources and the e Government Solution Department.  We are now planning an effective and efficient usage of our technology on the African continent."  "We feel compelled to contribute to the medical and communication needs for the African Nations in the fields of Medicine, Education and Communications."

Dr. Tom C. Garven, Executive Director of Medicine for Africa, stated, "I am thankful to Mr. Daly for his support of our project to improve the African health care system, and excited about the perspective of developing, with the help of Instantstream, the most sophisticated and effective telemedicine set up to-date in Africa, and may be worldwide." "On other initiatives we are raising additional funds to provide expanding services under this new international telemedicine solution to people in a number of African countries." "We believe that we could bring high quality telemedicine to the African countries and we are seeking the support of Physicians, Governments and political Agencies." 

For further information regarding Instantstream™, Streamphone and its services, visit www.instantstream.com, or call Mr. Michael J. Daly at (917) 438-7182.

For further information regarding Medicine for Africa, and on how you can participate or support its efforts in Africa, visit www.medicinemd.com, or call Dr. Tom C. Garven at (212) 866-2386.