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Featured Story

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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Dr. Matthew Bouchonville, endocrinologist, sits between two colleagues, speaking while holding notes in his hand.

>>Diabetes

Using ECHO, Providers Tackle Diabetes Crisis in Rural New Mexico

For family nurse practitioner Flavio Salazar, providing care to patients in his hometown of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is personal. And for his patients, that means getting life-saving diabetes care in their own community.

A group of middle-aged people sit in a circle.

>>Substance Use Disorder

The New Mexico Alcohol Use and Mental Health ECHO: Building Communities For Supporting People in Recovery

The New Mexico Alcohol Use and Mental Health ECHO launched in 2022 to address the state’s high rates of alcohol-related illness and death.

Justice and Corrections

The Community Peer Education Program: Helping Former Inmates Build New Lives

The New Mexico Community Peer Education Program helps people who are transitioning out of incarceration. Today, many former peer educators work for CPEP in their communities, guiding people on probation or parole through challenges such as housing, employment, and access to health care.

A young Caucasian teacher sits at the front of her classroom. Elementary-aged children raise their hands.

Education

Case Study: With Project ECHO, Alamogordo Teacher Boosts Student Literacy to 77% from 44%

Teachers across New Mexico are improving literacy outcomes by practicing shared learning and applying reading strategies in the classroom through the Structured Literacy Classroom ECHO Program.

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Education

‘A Big Wow’: ECHO Literacy Program Helps New Mexico Teachers Turn Science-Based Training into Classroom Results

Launched in 2023, the Structured Literacy ECHO Program bridges the gap between training and classroom implementation, helping improve student literacy rates across New Mexico.

A man in a suit stand at the front of a room wearing a suit while a group of incarcerated people wearing dark blue sit listening to him.

>>Hepatitis C

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.

A group of incarcerated men seated in a classroom setting and wearing orange look at a man standing at the front of the room.

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.

Dr. Sanjeev Arora, stands in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

>Health Care

Project ECHO: Origin Story

“Every year, millions of people around the world die of diseases that are preventable, treatable and even curable because the health care providers in their communities don’t have the knowledge and expertise needed to address their conditions,” Dr. Sanjeev Arora, founder of Project ECHO.