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Read how Project ECHO is impacting communities worldwide
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Fifteen Years of Changing the Lives of Incarcerated People
Today, the New Mexico Peer Education Project offers a continuum of transformational opportunity and support for people who are incarcerated to find their voices and create new lives for themselves.
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Education
Protected: Teachers Tackle the Literacy Crisis in New Mexico
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Diabetes
Project ECHO Gives New Mexico’s Diabetes Patients Hope
ECHO brings diabetes care, mental health support and social services together in one place: offering patients a path forward with real solutions and renewed hope.
Justice and Corrections
How Project ECHO is Changing Outcomes for New Mexicans in the Prison System
The New Mexico Peer Education Project teaches prisoners how to stay healthy and to provide information on key health issues, such as substance use and navigating the prison health system.
Mental Health
Strengthening Mental Health Systems through Telementoring: ECHO Partners in Latin America
Now in 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, ECHO partners are using telementoring to leverage their networks to address the region’s mental health crisis and improve access in rural communities.
Five Questions With: Soraya Gollop, Ph.D.
Dedicated to creating an equitable education system, Gollop joined Project ECHO in 2020. Today, she serves as the director of the education team, making a systemic, positive impact in New Mexico’s classrooms across the state.
What Does ECHO Mean?
Founded as the Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO), today we’ve grown beyond health care. Just call us “Project ECHO.”
Health Care
The 6,000 Island Challenge
In Indonesia, partners are using the ECHO Model to close distance in providing care to patients.
Health Care
Five Questions With: Dr. Bruce Struminger
We ask Dr. Bruce Struminger, Global Health Initiatives director, about his proudest accomplishment since joining Project ECHO in 2013.
Health Care
Taking Action: Hospitals Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in Latin America
Project ECHO is working to promote safer, more sustainable antibiotics use in Latin America with TEACH PROA.
Health Care
Emprendiendo acciones: los hospitales combaten la resistencia a los antimicrobianos en América Latina
El proyecto ECHO está trabajando para promover un uso más seguro y sostenible de los antibióticos en América Latina con TEACH PROA.
Health Care
Tomando providências: hospitais combatem a resistência antimicrobiana na América Latina
O projeto ECHO está trabalhando para promover um uso mais seguro e sustentável de antibióticos na América Latina com a TEACH PROA.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
WHO Collaborating Center for Digital Learning in Health Emergencies
The World Health Organization and Project ECHO partnership is a transformative catalyst for equity.
Cancer
Expanding Cancer Care Capacity in Vietnam: Bach Mai Hospital Leads Through Project ECHO
One of Vietnam’s leading medical institutions, Bach Mai Hospital was the first national referral hospital to launch Project ECHO in 2024. In partnership with the Ministry of Health, ECHO is expanding life-saving cancer expertise nationwide.
Diabetes
Five Questions With: Dr. Matt Bouchonville
Dr. Matt Bouchonville wants every patient to receive best-practice diabetes care in their home town, from their trusted health care provider. In 2013, he joined Project ECHO to make that dream a reality. Today, Dr. Bouchonville serves as our New Mexico medical director.
Five Questions With: Lynn Waln
Finance and operations leader Lynn Waln joined Project ECHO in 2014, inspired by its mission to serve the underserved. Today, she serves as chief administrative officer, building systems to amplify our impact.
Maternal and Child Health
Five Questions With: Simran Priel
Simran Priel joined Project ECHO in 2023. Having worked as a midwife and lactation consultant for 20 years, she knew firsthand the power of the ECHO Model. Today, she leads our maternal child health initiative.
Cancer
Strengthening Lung Cancer Care in Indonesia
Project ECHO is transforming lung cancer care in Indonesia by connecting rural doctors with expert support through virtual mentoring and collaborative case sharing.
Five Questions With: Jess Jones, Ph.D.
Jones first joined Project ECHO in 2017 as a graduate student. She fell in love with the “immediate impact” ECHO has on the world – a privilege not all researchers get to enjoy in their work. Today, Jones serves as director of the research and evaluation team.