Looking for partnerships

Fraunhofer IGD (www.igd.fhg.de) is looking for partners (companies and/or universities and/or organizations) to complete the consortium for a telemedicine project, which is going to operate in ACP countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACP_countries , Africa and Caribean and Pacific counries) and MEDITERRANEAN PARTNER COUNTRIES ( Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinianadministered areas, Syrian Arab, Tunisia)
Eligible partners to join the consortium can be seen partners coming form ACP, MPC countries or Europe and having medical background and previously worked in telemedicine projects.

The project will aim to the maternity and child care. We are going to develop a medical network that addresses the problems of providing maternal health care from a distance. The medical network will be supported by expert physicians located in urban cities of Africa and Europe. The medical applications will focus on pre-natal and maternal care and in extend to both gynaecology and paediatrics and typical infectious diseases for the region such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis.
The examinations will involve ultrasound examination (2D and/or 3D), blood test and blood test imaging for automation diagnosis. All the patient information, extracted from the examinations will be stored in a healthcare database, along with the demographic information and medication prescription.
The project will aim to generate, share and use knowledge through research partnerships with third countries in the areas identified through bi-regional dialogues with third countries/regions and international fora, on the basis of mutual interest and mutual benefit. Research areas may include: health policy research, health systems and health care service research, neglected infectious diseases and emerging unforeseen policy needs in those regions, as well as other topics of strategic importance.

Best wishes,

Ilias
---------------------------------------------------Fraunhofer IGDDepartment Cognitive Computing & Medical ImagingIlias Sachpazidis phone:+49/(0)/6151/155 507Fraunhoferstr. 5 fax :+49/(0)/6151/155 480D-64283 Darmstadt Ilias.Sachpazidis@igd.fhg.deGermany http://www.igd.fhg.de/~isachpaz