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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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Responding to Gender-Based Violence During War: Sudan
Since 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by civil war, genocide and gender-based violence. Civilian populations have suffered from atrocities and wanton violence. And, with much of the country’s infrastructure destroyed, health workers are forced to provide care in the field.
Systems Change
Expanding Opportunities and Building Workforce Capacity in Senegal’s University System
Until last year, Professor Halimatou Diop-Ndiaye had not seen a woman as vice dean during her tenure at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar. In her own department, less than one-quarter of the faculty were women.
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From Stigma to Support: Flipping the Script on Mental Health in India
ECHO India and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences are changing this landscape, offering a beacon of hope to communities in need.
Education
TIPS ECHO Creates a Trauma-Informed Community for Educators to Help Kids and Families
Like many ECHOs, TIPS ECHO Program was born out of need. In this case TIPS, or Trauma-Informed Preschool Support, was created by The Lourie Center for Children’s Social & Emotional Wellness of Adventist HealthCare in response to the trauma seen in young children during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Education
Khanmigo ECHO: Transforming Classroom Education By Training Teachers To Use AI
Imagine a classroom where every student has their own “learning coach,” someone who guides their exploration of subjects from algebra to chemistry while coordinating in real time with their teachers.
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Prevención de superbacterias: ECHO trabaja para preservar la eficacia de los antibióticos
La resistencia a los antimicrobianos provoca muertes evitables, incrementa los costos de la atención sanitaria y reduce la eficacia de los antibióticos que salvan vidas. Los programas ECHO de TEACH AMS están apoyando a los sistemas de salud para afrontar este desafío.
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Prevenção de superbactérias: o ECHO trabalha para preservar a eficácia dos antibióticos
A resistência antimicrobiana causa mortes evitáveis, aumenta os custos da saúde e reduz a eficácia dos antibióticos que salvam vidas. Os programas TEACH AMS ECHO estão apoiando os sistemas de saúde para enfrentar esse desafio.
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WATCH: Kenyan Providers Fight Antimicrobial Resistance Through ECHO
Part of an eight-country network, providers at more than 470 hospitals across Kenya join together in the Telementoring, Equity and Advocacy Collaboration for Health through Antimicrobial Stewardship ECHO Program.
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Preventing Superbugs: ECHO Works to Keep Antibiotics Effective
Antimicrobial resistance leads to unnecessary deaths, drives up health care costs and undermines the effectiveness of life-saving antibiotics. The TEACH AMS ECHO Programs are helping health care systems meet the challenge.
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Empowering Providers in Underserved Regions to Treat Long COVID
The Schmidt Initiative for Long Covid and Project ECHO are working to improve care for long COVID by building capacity, raising awareness and enhancing access to treatments.
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Black Maternal Health ECHO: A Platform for Saving Black Women’s Lives
The Black Maternal Health ECHO is made up of people who are passionate about making pregnancy and childbirth safe for Black women.
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From 1 to Superhub: Zambia’s Ministry of Health Fuels ECHO Growth
Zambia’s Ministry of Health has become a foundational source of growth for Project ECHO’s Africa network.
Systems Change
ECHO Pasantes apoya a los médicos recién licenciados que trabajan en comunidades rurales
A través del Proyecto ECHO, estos médicos reciben el apoyo y la orientación continuos y esenciales de expertos mientras se embarcan en su año de servicio.
Systems Change
O ECHO “Pasantes” apoia médicos recém-qualificados que trabalham em comunidades rurais
Por meio do Projeto ECHO, esses médicos recebem apoio e orientação especializados essenciais e contínuos ao embarcarem em seu ano de serviço.
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Scaling Compassionate Cancer and Palliative Care in Malaysia
The ECHO Model builds a foundation for systems-change in cancer and palliative care in Malaysia.
Children
Bite-Sized with a Big Impact: ECHO Education in Nigeria
Improving access to continuing education is an urgent need for educators and there’s a local team using the ECHO Model to help.
Children
Why ECHO Education Programs Took Off in Oklahoma
Oklahoma is applying the ECHO Model to break down silos in public education, thanks to a quiet architect named Ed Harris, Ph.D.
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Cote d’Ivoire’s ECHO Network Bolsters Health Care Across Francophone Africa
From 2017 to 2024, Cote d’Ivoire’s ECHO network has rapidly expanded programs and regional outreach.