This week, we went to the University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, to talk about how machines and men work together for medical purposes.

Swiss doctors here have set up an ambitious program to help doctors in Africa in their consultations. They also teach them the latest medical practices. Thanks to modern technology healthcare professionals in remote areas can access medical information and advice. The program was launched in 2000 in Mali and now it works in 15 French speaking African countries. Often, Swiss doctors only tell African doctors what to do if things go wrong during surgery. There's this case of two 8-months old babies with harelips, a malformation Swiss doctors have never operated at such an advanced stage. Now its more often African doctors in Africa who help their colleagues thanks to this network.

In this University Hospital, the 'Electrical Neuroimaging Group' has achieved an extraordinary experience. They communicate through though with a robot 1500 kilometers away. Scientists here, work with others in the Coimbra University in Portugal. They have made a bonnet, connected to captors and to a computer. Concentrating on this computer commands the robot who reacts to the information received. This can offer extraordinary perspectives in the medical field.

Around the world, robots help healthcare professionals and scientists.

In Tokyo's Telecommunications University, a team of scientists have created a wheelchair steered by thought.

Robots can also help people with language disorders as it is the case in Maryland, USA.

Technology can also educate people on health issues. There's a video game called "Together in the Neighborhood" children play in shanty towns in Nairobi, Kenya. They learn how to stay away from AIDS.