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Read how Project ECHO is impacting communities worldwide
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‘Reflective Practice’ Supports Early Childhood Professionals
This New Mexico ECHO program supports early childhood professionals develop emotional resilience in tough situations.
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HIV/AIDS
Transforming HIV Care in Native Communities
Indian Health Service providers leverage the ECHO Model, improving HIV treatment options in the Southwest.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Project ECHO on the Frontlines with the Sudanese American Medical Association
Sudanese medical providers quickly learn critical war-time skills to save lives
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.
Education
Educators Boost Literacy Knowledge through ECHO Education Program
WATCH: See how Project ECHO is applying the groundbreaking ECHO Model to New Mexico’s literacy crisis.
Gender Equity
How the ECHO Model Changes the World for Women and Girls
A panel at the 2023 MetaECHO conference convened global experts on how and why the ECHO Model makes a difference for gender equity – and what we still need to do.
Health Care
Case Report: Nurses in India, a Lever for Change
Nurses around the world, and particularly in India, are professionals who can make a significant impact in reducing the health care burden in rural and high-need areas. The ECHO Model brdiges gaps for the education they need.
Maternal Child Health
Building Bridges: New Co-Director of Perinatal Health
“I joined the ECHO team because I wanted to break down barriers and provide insight on how things work – in all kinds of perinatal care. Transformation on this is possible. What Project ECHO does is one aspect of support for bringing multiple perspectives to perinatal education.”
Health Care
The Capstone to a Career: Dr. Jeanne Ryer, ECHO Visionary
Dr. Jeanne Ryer, founder of the ECHO Hub at the University of New Hampshire, shares how the ECHO Model helps create lifechanging solutions for gender inequity, loneliness and provider burnout. Dr. Jeanne Ryer, director of the New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative, […]
Tuberculosis
Reaching Further, Faster with Critical Tuberculosis Treatment in India
Treating tuberculosis in any country presents challenges: the highly infectious disease takes on many forms — pulmonary, renal, even ocular — that make it difficult to diagnose, especially in children. Any interruption to the months-long treatment course often results in […]
Hepatitis C
Documentary: How the ECHO Model Increases Physician Capacity in Pakistan
The ECHO Model transforms stressed health systems in Pakistan, which has the world’s highest hepatitis C prevalence.
Health Care
Report: Identifying and Filling Health Care Gaps in the Global South
In 2003, the ECHO Model was created to help solve a specific problem: how to expand knowledge about treatment of hepatitis C and access to care across the vast state of New Mexico. Using widely available videoconferencing technology and a […]
Hepatitis C
20 Years of the ECHO Ripple Effect
Over 20 years, Project ECHO’s initial hepatitis C treatment program expanded to a global network of hundreds of specialized programs.
Tuberculosis
Before It’s Too Late: Tuberculosis Treatment Access for Women and Children
In partnership with India’s Ministry of Health, ECHO India intends to change equitable tuberculosis care for all.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
The ECHO Network in Africa Mitigates a Crisis
By applying the ECHO Model, a crisis was mitigated. “This was the platform that gave the right information to health care workers.”
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.
Hepatitis C
Research Update: JAMA Study Finds Project ECHO Reduces Barriers to Hepatitis C Treatment
New research has found that Project ECHO increases a patient’s chances of receiving the gold standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
HIV/AIDS
Young People in Africa Lead the Fight against HIV through Peer Mentorship
“We use ECHO’s case management process to review cases together and solve difficult problems,” says Peggy Kuchocha.
COVID-19
Sudan Tackles UN Sustainable Development Goals with Project ECHO
After Dr. Nada Fadul used Project ECHO to help her native country of Sudan face down the COVID-19 pandemic, she knew that ECHO’s virtual telementoring model worked.