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Read how Project ECHO is impacting communities worldwide
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The End in Sight: Concluding the HIV Epidemic with Project ECHO
"We have all the tools we need to end the HIV epidemic. We just need to implement them. Project ECHO is critical for equipping the workforce with the knowledge, and community support, to make that happen," says Dr. Jorge Mera.
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Justice and Corrections
Five Questions With: Dr. Karla Thornton
Dr. Karla Thornton first joined Project ECHO in 2003 as part of the very first ECHO Hub team focused on hepatitis C. In April 2025, she stepped up to fulfill the interim executive director position.
Communicable Diseases
Project ECHO Addresses Advanced HIV Gaps in Latin America
Through Project ECHO, health care providers from Uruguay to Brazil are improving access to early diagnosis and advanced care for complex cases.
Systems Change
Five Questions With: Ben Cloutier
A born-and-bred New Mexican, Ben Cloutier, Strategy and Communications senior director, joined Project ECHO in 2020, hoping to make a difference locally and globally.
Five Questions With: Saúl Hernández
Saúl Hernández, New Mexico Programs director, joined Project ECHO in 2015. He felt so compelled to join ECHO, and its mission, he left his recently-purchased home in Las Cruces, NM, on two weeks notice. We wanted to learn more about his passion.
Noncommunicable Diseases
Bringing Cancer Care Closer to Home in Rural India
Cancer is one of India’s biggest health challenges, with an estimated 3.3 million people affected*. Through Project ECHO, frontline providers are changing how cancer care is delivered in rural communities.
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.
Noncommunicable Diseases
Liver Cancer Care: Advancing Early Detection and Access in Malaysia
Project ECHO is transforming liver cancer care in Malaysia by building local capacity and offering patients a better chance at survival.
Noncommunicable Diseases
A Silent Health Crisis: Hypertension in India’s Rural Communities
In India, hypertension training for health workers is a critical public health need. Project ECHO is empowering India’s frontline health workers to detect and manage high blood pressure, one community at a time.
Diabetes
La Lucha Contra la Diabetes en el Brasil Rural: Formar a Profesionales Sanitarios para que Presten Cuidados que Salvan Vidas
En las zonas rurales de Brasil, el acceso a la atención diabética es muy limitado. Con formación virtual y orientación, el programa de ECHO de diabetes de la Universidad Federal de Sergipe está cambiando la forma en que se trata la diabetes, llegando a más comunidades y mejorando vidas.
Diabetes
Combatendo o Diabetes na Zona Rural do Brasil: Capacitação de Profissionais de Saúde para Prestar Cuidados que Salvam Vida
Nas áreas rurais do Brasil, o acesso a cuidados para diabetes é bem limitado. Com treinamento virtual e orientação, o programa ECHO de diabetes da Universidade Federal de Sergipe está mudando a forma como a diabetes é tratada, alcançando mais comunidades e melhorando vidas.
Diabetes
Fighting Diabetes in Rural Brazil: Empowering Health Workers to Deliver Life-Saving Care
In rural Brazil, access to diabetes care is limited. Through virtual training and mentorship, the Federal University of Sergipe’s diabetes program is changing the way diabetes is treated—reaching more communities and improving lives.
Health Care
Responding to Gender-Based Violence During War: Sudan
Since 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by civil war, genocide and gender-based violence. Civilian populations have suffered from atrocities and wanton violence. And, with much of the country’s infrastructure destroyed, health workers are forced to provide care in the field.
Systems Change
Expanding Opportunities and Building Workforce Capacity in Senegal’s University System
Until last year, Professor Halimatou Diop-Ndiaye had not seen a woman as vice dean during her tenure at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar. In her own department, less than one-quarter of the faculty were women.
Health Care
From Stigma to Support: Flipping the Script on Mental Health in India
ECHO India and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences are changing this landscape, offering a beacon of hope to communities in need.
Education
TIPS ECHO Creates a Trauma-Informed Community for Educators to Help Kids and Families
Like many ECHOs, TIPS ECHO Program was born out of need. In this case TIPS, or Trauma-Informed Preschool Support, was created by The Lourie Center for Children’s Social & Emotional Wellness of Adventist HealthCare in response to the trauma seen in young children during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Substance Use Disorder
Breaking the Cycle: Expanding Opioid Treatment in New Mexico
Project ECHO is expanding access to evidence-based treatment, intervention and prevention strategies for substance use disorders for two of the state’s most vulnerable populations: pregnant people and people in detention centers.
Communicable Diseases
Equipping New Mexico’s Public Health Providers to Combat the Syphilis Epidemic
Syphilis is surging in New Mexico. According to the CDC, the state is now ranked second-highest in the nation for the rate of syphilis cases, and leading in the rate of congenital syphilis cases.
Substance Use Disorder
A Personal Journey Through Chronic Pain and Stigma
Project ECHO’s Opioid Crisis and Pain Management program empowers health care professionals in rural communities with expert-led training and resources to enhance harm reduction, opioid overdose prevention, and patient care.