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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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COVID-19
Straight Shots: Bringing the COVID-19 Vaccine to Sudan’s People
“When I asked her if she was willing to be vaccinated, she got angry. That’s when I realized we needed to figure out how to bring the vaccines to the people if we were going to be successful.”
Mental Health
Building Support for Children in Foster Care
Being removed from their home and placed in foster care is a difficult and stressful experience for any child. Health care providers often don’t have the tools to connect this vulnerable population with the additional support they need.
Climate Change
Diverse Communities Use Project ECHO to Combat Climate Change
The effects of climate change go beyond environmental impacts, contributing to long-term health issues such as anxiety and post-traumatic stress, food insecurity and respiratory illnesses.
Health Care
Uganda Transforms Emergency Medical Care to Save Lives
Using the ECHO Model, experts across Africa are teaching and mentoring Uganda’s regional providers through a virtual community of practice.
COVID-19
ECHO Provides Support in Namibia’s fight against HIV/AIDS
A growing body of research shows Project ECHO, a global telementoring organization dedicated to sharing knowledge in underserved areas, can be a critical tool against HIV/AIDS in Namibia.
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.
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.