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Read how Project ECHO is impacting communities worldwide
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Before the Crisis: Preparing for Public Health Emergencies
A Note from the Authors: Between the two of us, we bring decades of physician experience to the table. We have worked on emergency preparedness and response in the United States and all over the world. Preparedness is both a technical challenge—and a social one. Here’s where we see the biggest risks and opportunities:
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Education
Finding Their Path: Project ECHO’s Future Ready Program Across New Mexico
Giving counselors and their students better access to resources and support.
Education
Expanding What’s Possible: Project ECHO’s Future Ready in Albuquerque Public Schools
Giving counselors and their students better access to resources and support.
>Health Care
Five Questions With: Kyky Knowles
Since joining Project ECHO in 2019, Knowles has worn many hats, pivoting to where her skills were most needed. Today, she serves as the director of the New Mexico and National Programs.
>Health Care
Bringing Healthcare Closer to Home on the Navajo Nation through Project ECHO
Access to timely care in New Mexico remains a challenge, especially in rural communities and underserved areas. Project ECHO is addressing this gap by connecting primary care providers with specialists, helping patients receive the right care at the right time.
Justice and Corrections
Finding Meaning and Purpose: Peer Education Transforms Incarceration and Reentry
The New Mexico Peer Education Project and the Community Peer Education Project are improving community health and well-being through mentorship, shared learning and community building.
Education
Raising the Bar for the Whole Community through Project ECHO
In 2026, two Albuquerque schools are participating in a pilot “whole school” initiative to improve how reading is taught.
>Emergency Preparedness and Response
Project ECHO Provides Mental Health Lifeline to Frontline Providers
Frontline providers provide crucial support to people during their most vulnerable moments – and it takes a lot out of them.
Education
A Teacher’s Journey to Trauma-Informed Practice with Project ECHO
Project ECHO helped a New Mexico teacher build a trauma-informed classroom, improving student trust and regulation.
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.
Maternal and Child Health
Amplifying Maternal Health Substance Use Disorder ECHOs in New Mexico
Two doctors, located 140 miles apart, use the ECHO Model to increase services for pregnant people with substance use disorder.
Children
‘Reflective Practice’ Supports Early Childhood Professionals
This New Mexico ECHO program supports early childhood professionals develop emotional resilience in tough situations.
Mental Health
Project ECHO Connects Care Providers With Children in Need
Project ECHO’s New Mexico Safe Care program is working to make sure children who have experienced sexual and physical abuse are not falling through the cracks.
>>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.
>>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.
Children
With Project ECHO, Protecting Children from ACEs Pays Off for New Mexico
Now in its third year, this ECHO program is an innovative solution to prevent adverse childhood experiences from adding up for New Mexico’s children.
>>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.
>>Substance Use Disorder
Project ECHO Provides New Mexican Clinicians Expertise, Tools to Combat the Opioid Crisis
In a small town in northern New Mexico, Dr. Leslie Hayes is transforming how rural communities fight opioid addiction—offering compassionate, evidence-based care made possible through Project ECHO.
>>Diabetes
Bringing Diabetes Care Closer to Home Through Project ECHO
By connecting primary care clinicians with specialist teams, Project ECHO is transforming diabetes care and expanding access to high-quality care for rural and underserved communities.