Our Stories
Read how Project ECHO is impacting communities worldwide
Featured Story
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.
All ECHO Stories
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.
Health Care
A Year-End Message from Dr. Arora
ECHO is an incredible force for improving the lives of those most in need, and every opportunity to grow this movement creates ripple effects that build into waves of positive change.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Project ECHO Provides Mental Health Lifeline to First Responders
First responders provide crucial support to people during their most vulnerable moments. But it takes a lot out of them.
Children
Project ECHO Provides ‘Critical Aid’ for Educators During the Pandemic
When classes abruptly shifted online at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Project ECHO empowered educators to continue supporting vulnerable students.
Education
Project ECHO Founder Accepts Brock Prize for Education Innovation
Dr. Sanjeev Arora, founder of Project ECHO, has been honored with the 2021 Brock Prize in Education Innovation for his transformative contributions to health care education.
Children
Project ECHO Launches Education Partnership to Benefit New Mexico’s Youngest Residents
Through a partnership with the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department, Project ECHO is working to reduce educational disparities by providing training and support to early childhood educators.
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
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.