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Read how Project ECHO is impacting communities worldwide
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‘Reflective Practice’ Supports Early Childhood Professionals
This New Mexico ECHO program supports early childhood professionals develop emotional resilience in tough situations.
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Health Care
WATCH: Kenyan Providers Fight Antimicrobial Resistance Through ECHO
Part of an eight-country network, providers at more than 470 hospitals across Kenya join together in the Telementoring, Equity and Advocacy Collaboration for Health through Antimicrobial Stewardship ECHO Program.
Health Care
Preventing Superbugs: ECHO Works to Keep Antibiotics Effective
Antimicrobial resistance leads to unnecessary deaths, drives up health care costs and undermines the effectiveness of life-saving antibiotics. The TEACH AMS ECHO Programs are helping health care systems meet the challenge.
Long COVID
Empowering Providers in Underserved Regions to Treat Long COVID
The Schmidt Initiative for Long Covid and Project ECHO are working to improve care for long COVID by building capacity, raising awareness and enhancing access to treatments.
Health Care
From 1 to Superhub: Zambia’s Ministry of Health Fuels ECHO Growth
Zambia’s Ministry of Health has become a foundational source of growth for Project ECHO’s Africa network.
Children
Bite-Sized with a Big Impact: ECHO Education in Nigeria
Improving access to continuing education is an urgent need for educators and there’s a local team using the ECHO Model to help.
Health Care
Cote d’Ivoire’s ECHO Network Bolsters Health Care Across Francophone Africa
From 2017 to 2024, Cote d’Ivoire’s ECHO network has rapidly expanded programs and regional outreach.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Mpox Emergency: Project ECHO’s Network Responds
Project ECHO’s partners across Africa are taking action to train and mentor the health care workforce.
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.
Health Care
ECHO Supports Infection Control Network in Africa
Project ECHO’s partnership with ICAN strengthens infection control across Africa, empowering health care providers to save lives.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Project ECHO on the Frontlines with the Sudanese American Medical Association
Sudanese medical providers quickly learn critical war-time skills to save lives
Health Care
Report: Identifying and Filling Health Care Gaps in the Global South
In 2003, the ECHO Model was created to help solve a specific problem: how to expand knowledge about treatment of hepatitis C and access to care across the vast state of New Mexico. Using widely available videoconferencing technology and a […]
Emergency Preparedness and Response
The ECHO Network in Africa Mitigates a Crisis
By applying the ECHO Model, a crisis was mitigated. “This was the platform that gave the right information to health care workers.”
HIV/AIDS
Young People in Africa Lead the Fight against HIV through Peer Mentorship
“We use ECHO’s case management process to review cases together and solve difficult problems,” says Peggy Kuchocha.
COVID-19
Sudan Tackles UN Sustainable Development Goals with Project ECHO
After Dr. Nada Fadul used Project ECHO to help her native country of Sudan face down the COVID-19 pandemic, she knew that ECHO’s virtual telementoring model worked.
Maternal and Child Health
Ethiopian Hospitals Improve Care for Mothers and Babies with ECHO
When the Ethiopian Pediatrics Society, together with the American Academy of Pediatrics, decided to address the child mortality problem, they turned to Project ECHO.
Health Care
Op-Ed: Establishing a New Norm for Health Care and Medical Education in Kenya
When COVID-19 hit early in 2020, many of us in Kenya were ready to respond to the new, virtual world we were entering.
COVID-19
Straight Shots: Bringing the COVID-19 Vaccine to Sudan’s People
“When I asked her if she was willing to be vaccinated, she got angry. That’s when I realized we needed to figure out how to bring the vaccines to the people if we were going to be successful.”
Health Care
Uganda Transforms Emergency Medical Care to Save Lives
Using the ECHO Model, experts across Africa are teaching and mentoring Uganda’s regional providers through a virtual community of practice.