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Read how Project ECHO is impacting communities worldwide
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Project ECHO On the Frontlines with the Sudanese American Medical Association
Sudanese medical providers quickly learn critical war-time skills to save lives
All ECHO Stories
Emergency Preparedness
An Emergency Launch: Our Partnership with the U.S. Health and Human Services’ ASPR
Project ECHO continues its partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response.
Health Care
Defining a Calling: The Magic of ECHO Autism
Recipient of the 2023 MetaECHO David Meyers Service Award, Dr. Kristin Sohl reflects on a decade of work building ECHO Autism.
Health Care
The Capstone to a Career: Jeanne Ryer
At the 2023 MetaECHO conference, Jeanne Ryer, founder of the ECHO Hub at the University of New Hampshire, shared how the ECHO Model helps create lifechanging solutions for gender inequity, loneliness and provider burnout. Dr. Jeanne Ryer, director of the New […]
Gender Equity
Introducing Simran Priel, Director of Gender Equity
While equity is built inherently into Project ECHO’s model, now, we have a renewed emphasis on bolstering women and girls’ health and well-being.
HIV/AIDS
Research Update: ECHO’s Role in Ending the HIV Epidemic
Patients whose providers attend ECHO sessions have greater viral load suppression rates, which is key to positive health outcomes. Patient access to knowledgeable practitioners is key to maintaining strong viral load suppression.
Mental Health
Building Support for Children in Foster Care
Being removed from their home and placed in foster care is a difficult and stressful experience for any child. Health care providers often don’t have the tools to connect this vulnerable population with the additional support they need.
Climate Change
Diverse Communities Use Project ECHO to Combat Climate Change
The effects of climate change go beyond environmental impacts, contributing to long-term health issues such as anxiety and post-traumatic stress, food insecurity and respiratory illnesses.
Health Care
Research Update: ECHO and the Opioid Epidemic, Increasing Access to Treatment
From June 2019 to May 2020, a rising opioid epidemic, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in a record-high number of drug overdose deaths in a single year.
COVID-19
A Virtual, Nationwide Learning Community to Combat COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
When the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network launched in October 2020, it became the nation’s most ambitious – and comprehensive – effort to reduce and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
Education
Project ECHO Founder Accepts Brock Prize for Education Innovation
Dr. Sanjeev Arora, founder and director of Project ECHO, was recognized for his transformative ideas that have shaped the future of health care education.