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Project ECHO’s revolutionary model provides training and mentorship to transform and sustain strong systems.
New Study Shows Project ECHO Improves Diabetes Care in Rural Settings
A recently released study demonstrates?the ECHO Model is an effective intervention for improving diabetes care in rural settings. Pastor Raymond Beachum of Clovis, New Mexico, is just one example of a patient who has benefitted from the knowledge of an ECHO-trained provider, despite not having access to an endocrinologist. Thanks to the training Pastor Beachum's health care provider received through Project ECHO, he was able to find an alternative to his daily self-administered insulin injections.
Leadership Message
Dear ECHO Community,
Last?month, I was honored to share the ECHO story at both the United Nations General Assembly in New York and at the World Cancer Congress in Geneva. Stakeholders from governments, NGOs, industry groups and multinationals at both important convenings were eager to hear about Project ECHO, and our collective work to make health care more equitable.
It was also a valuable learning opportunity for me. As I listened to speakers detail the many health care challenges facing underserved communities, especially in the Global South, I heard confirmation again and again that Project ECHO is uniquely suited to addressing many of these challenges.?
Whether governments are struggling to get newly affordable treatments and screenings for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to the frontline health workers who will administer them, or to prepare their health workforce for the next pandemic, Project ECHO can help them meet their objectives.
As I write this, ECHO is partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO) , Africa CDC and others to share expert guidance on treating mpox and reducing the spread across Africa and beyond. We are giving frontline health care workers the confidence they need to treat chronic diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure/cholesterol, stroke and heart disease so their patients receive timely, quality care. We are empowering remote communities in Indonesia to screen women for deadly—but preventable—cancers. And in our home state of New Mexico, we are helping health care workers spot children at risk for addiction and other challenges so they can intervene in time.
"We are able to do all of this because of you." Dr. Sanjeev Arora, Founder and Director
We are able to do all of this because of you. Whatever role you play in the ECHO movement, you are part of a global and trusted human network that is increasingly relied on by governments and grassroots organizations alike to help them build healthier and more equitable communities. As always, thank you for your support and for joining us in substantially improving lives to build a more equitable society.?
Dr. Sanjeev Arora?
Founder and Director of Project ECHO
Donor Highlight
In March of this year, the GE HealthCare Foundation was formally established with the initial goal of addressing maternal and child health. Project ECHO is one of the foundation's first four grant recipients, and with this generous gift, health care workers in Indonesia will be up-skilled in life-saving practices for mothers and infants.
The maternal death rate in Indonesia is 173 per 100,000 births, which is higher than the surrounding region. Annually, there are 600,000 pre-term births, and 12,000 newborns experience congestive heart failure from birth defects. Only half of these babies are able to receive treatment for these disorders.?
In partnership with the Indonesia Ministry of Health, Project ECHO will train pediatric clinicians and maternal health workers on the use of ultrasound machines. Beginning with in-person lectures and trainings, the health care workers will then move on to presenting ongoing cases to each other and their mentors through virtual communities.?
The overall goal is to reach 19 regional hospitals, 37 provincial hospitals, and 265 district hospitals that serve 35 primary care health centers.
"This isn't just learning best practices. This is actually gaining confidence to implement best practices." - Cynthia McKinney, Director of Corporate and Founder Relations
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Prioritizing Maternal and Infant Health at the United Nations General Assembly
In an intimate program held during the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, leaders across the world gathered together to address potential solutions for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in lower middle-income countries (LMIC)?in an effort to reach the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).??
Hosted by the GE医疗 Foundation, in collaboration with the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) , invited speakers included Dr. Sanjeev Arora; H.E. Mrs.?Monica Geingos, the former first lady of the Republic of Namibia; and?Ash Rogers, CEO of Lwala Community Alliance . Together, along with attendees from organizations such as 联合国儿童基金会 , The Gates Foundation, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, they came together to prioritize this is issue for women and girls around the world.
H.E. Geingos, whose mother-in-law passed away during child birth, spoke about how it takes two generations to recover from the tragedy. This is why, when her husband was in office, he made maternal and infant mortality a priority and through his leadership, it became a recordable event for the first time in the Republic's history.?
Deputy Minister of Health for Sierra Leone, Dr. Jalikatu Mustapha, is the country's only female ophthalmologist. During the program, she discussed the impacts of a mother losing a child, which increases the mother's chances of death by ten times. Young women in LMICs often have multiple births, which weighs heavily on their bodies. Improving primary health care can save 80% of maternal and child deaths, according to Dr. Mustapha.? ?
Dr. Arora encouraged everyone in the room to make this issue a priority on the global agenda for women and girls, with H.E. Geingos agreeing, "It takes a village."
Addressing Global Challenges at the World Cancer Congress
In September, the Project ECHO team joined global cancer control leaders at the 2024 World Cancer Congress (WCC) in Geneva, Switzerland. Improving cancer care delivery is a major priority for Project ECHO and ECHO partners around the world.
WCC convened governments, industry, and civil society organizations to address the most critical challenges facing the global cancer community. Disparities in access to care at all stages of the cancer care continuum, from prevention and screening to survivorship and palliative care, was a major theme in the week’s discussions
Dr. Arora spoke about the role of technology and human networks in addressing these disparities and reducing the global cancer burden. ECHO partners, including the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the American Cancer Society, International Cancer Control Partnership, and Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in South Africa? also showcased how ECHO has transformed cancer care delivery in communities around the world.
Please email Program Manager, Clayton Richards ([email protected])?to learn more about the ECHO Model for cancer care.
ECHO in the News
2023 Annual Report
Celebrating the impacts Project ECHO is making with communities around the world.?
The financial support extended to Project ECHO yields a multitude of benefits for patients, providers, communities, and governments. This support enables the expansion of our global training program, the establishment of new ECHO partnerships, the development and enhancement of iECHO, and the amplification of our impact to reach more communities and forge new collaborations on a global scale.
The opportunities for creating widespread, enduring change through Project ECHO are truly endless.?
President & CEO
5 个月Looking forward to working with you.
Executive Leader in Health Innovation | Atlantic Fellow, Brain Health & Dementia | Stanford Biodesign | 25+ Years Transforming Health & Social Care | Pioneering Policy-to-Practice Solutions
5 个月Never ceased to be amazed and impressed by the global outcomes by Dr. Sanjeev Arora and his awesome team
A life of service is a sustainable way of living. - Johnny Kim, astronaut. Social Justice - Isaiah 117 House gives a warm welcome to kids and teens between crisis removal and eventual foster care.
5 个月Inspiring! Wonderful to know of your marvelous reach to the UN. I’m choosing also to acknowledge those dozens of health professionals and tech experts there at the beginning of this enormous project that actually began years earlier in NM. While I’m sure Dr. Arora recalls those many individuals who worked tirelessly getting projects like these off the ground, I wish to applaud the unsung ECHO staff that launched and helped perfect the Endo ECHO and countless others. Helping improve lives of the most vulnerable does not go unnoticed by me. May ECHO continue positively affecting those in our world who are the most vulnerable.