Project ECHO is rapidly growing in Africa, Asia and Latin America, supporting care and treatment in HIV, Tuberculosis (TB), laboratory strengthening, and global health security. HIV, TB and other infectious diseases are treatable with the right knowledge at the right place and right time.
The Global HIV ECHO Initiative is a collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other partners aiming to improve care and treatment of the estimated 37 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) worldwide. The initiative currently focuses on high burden countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia and Latin-America supported through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Read more about CDC's collaboration with ECHO in Namibia.
The Global TB ECHO Initiative supports the WHO Global Plan to End TB. More than twelve countries are implementing TB ECHO programs in Vietnam, India, Georgia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, along the US-Mexico Border and in the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Washington, and Massachusetts in the US.
The programs focus on strengthening care and treatment of multi-drug resistant TB, pediatric TB, TB Data 4 Action and TB infection.
Information Sheets:
HIV and TB ECHO program leaders in all stages of development are invited to participate in quarterly MetaECHO Collaborative sessions. The Africa MetaECHO collaborative is open to all ECHO program leads in Africa.
HIV MetaECHO Collaborative Meeting Dates
For more information contact hivmetaecho@salud.unm.edu.
TB MetaECHO Collaborative Meeting Dates
Bruce Baird Struminger, MD, MA FACP
Associate Director, Project ECHO
Associate Prof. of Medicine
HSC Div. of Infectious Diseases
BStruminger@salud.unm.edu
Karla Thornton, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Project ECHO
Prof. of Medicine
HSC Div. of Infectious Diseases
kthornton@salud.unm.edu
Michelle Iandiorio, MD
Medical Director, HIV ECHO
Associate Prof. of Medicine
HSC Div. of Infectious Diseases
Office: 505-272-4903
miandiorio@salud.unm.edu
Jutta Lehmer, BA
Program Planning Manager
Project ECHO
jlehmer@salud.unm.edu
Amy Armistad, MA
Program Planning Manager
Project ECHO
Office: 505-272-5811
aarmistad@salud.unm.edu
Constance Were, MA
Program Specialist
Project ECHO
cwere@salud.unm.edu