Project ECHO is rapidly growing in Africa, Asia and Latin America, supporting care and treatment in HIV, tuberculosis, 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 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other partners aiming to improve care and treatment of the estimated 37 million people living with HIV 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. Read more about CDC's collaboration with ECHO in Namibia.
The Global TB ECHO Initiative supports the World Health Organization's Global Plan to End TB. Twelve countries are implementing TB ECHO programs in: Vietnam, India, Georgia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and the United States.
In the United States, there are ECHO programs along the U.S.-Mexico border and in New Mexico, Colorado, Washington and Massachusetts.
The programs focus on strengthening care and treatment of multi-drug resistant TB, pediatric TB, TB Data 4 Action and TB infection.
Information Sheets:
The Africa MetaECHO Collaborative is open to all ECHO program leads in Africa.
For more information or to register, email us.
Bruce Baird Struminger, MD, MA, FACP
Associate Director, Project ECHO
Associate Professor of Medicine
UNM Health Sciences Center, Division of Infectious Diseases
Karla Thornton, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Project ECHO
Professor of Medicine
UNM Health Sciences Center, Division of Infectious Diseases
Michelle Iandiorio, MD
Medical Director, HIV ECHO
Associate Professor of Medicine
UNM Health Sciences Center, Division of Infectious Diseases
Jutta Lehmer
Senior Program Manager
Project ECHO
Amy Armistad
Senior Program Manager
Project ECHO
Lauren Burke
Senior Program Manager
Project ECHO
Amanda Dezan
Program Manager
Project ECHO
Constance Were, MBA
Program Specialist
Project ECHO