Project ECHO was created to meet the needs of New Mexicans; today, we tackle the world’s greatest challenges.
Dr. Sanjeev Arora founded Project ECHO to ensure the right knowledge exists at the right place at the right time. His mission began when his patient, a 43-year-old widow and mother of two, died of a treatable disease.
That's why he created the ECHO model; its “all teach, all learn” approach is the infrastructure for knowledge-sharing in rural and underserved communities around the world.
We make knowledge accessible at the right time.
"Every year, millions of people around the world die of diseases that are preventable, treatable and even curable because the health care providers in their communities don’t have the knowledge and expertise needed to address their conditions." - Dr. Sanjeev Arora
In 2011, a rigorous evaluation published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that the care delivered to hepatitis C patients by ECHO-trained providers was equal to that of University of New Mexico specialists.
Dr. Arora’s ECHO model does not just apply to improving hepatitis C treatment; today, it is being used to tackle the world’s greatest challenges: health care, education and climate change. With participants in more than 9,000 cities and 180 countries since we launched, Project ECHO aims to touch one billion lives by 2025.
