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Read how Project ECHO is impacting communities worldwide
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Project ECHO On the Frontlines with the Sudanese American Medical Association
Sudanese medical providers quickly learn critical war-time skills to save lives
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Emergency Preparedness
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.
Health Care
Research Update: ECHO and the Opioid Epidemic, Increasing Access to Treatment
From June 2019 to May 2020, a rising opioid epidemic, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in a record-high number of drug overdose deaths in a single year.
COVID-19
A Virtual, Nationwide Learning Community to Combat COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
When the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network launched in October 2020, it became the nation’s most ambitious – and comprehensive – effort to reduce and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
COVID-19
ECHO India Goes Viral in Response to COVID-19
When ECHO India launched its COVID-19 training series in 2020, 1,000 participant slots filled in less than five minutes. Health professionals were eager to learn about intensive care unit practices for their patients.
Cancer
Project ECHO Helps Remove ‘Roadblocks’ to Cancer Care in Kenya
The young boy from Kenya would have died from Burkitt lymphoma – a fast-growing cancer – if an ECHO team hadn’t been mentoring providers in the area.
Education
Project ECHO Founder Accepts Brock Prize for Education Innovation
Dr. Sanjeev Arora, founder and director of Project ECHO, was recognized for his transformative ideas that have shaped the future of health care education.
Children
Project ECHO Launches Education Partnership to Benefit New Mexico’s Youngest Residents
Project ECHO’s impact on New Mexico children’s education is expanding through a new partnership with the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department, through the ECHO for Education Program.
Mental Health
Project ECHO Connects Care Providers With Children in Need
Project ECHO’s Safe Care New Mexico program is working to make sure children who have experienced sexual and physical abuse are not falling through the cracks.
Health Care
How ECHO is Changing the Outcome for New Mexicans in the Prison System
The aim of the program is to teach prisoners how to stay healthy and to provide information on key health issues, such as substance use and navigating the prison health system.
Substance Use
Project ECHO Provides New Mexican Clinicians Expertise, Tools to Combat the Opioid Crisis
As a family physician in Española, New Mexico, Leslie Hayes treats a lot of health conditions. Unlike most family physicians, she also treats patients addicted to opioids.
Diabetes
Project ECHO Gives New Mexico’s Diabetes Patients Hope
ECHO providers synchronize diabetes care, mental health resources and social support in one place, showing patients multiple strategies to treat diabetes and giving them hope for the future.