Project ECHO

📅 Community learning opportunities! 📅 Strengthen your organization’s capacity and response to #mpox and health emergencies by joining a Zoom-based learning session led by our partners and supported by the ECHO team. A roundup of upcoming sessions is listed below. 📢 Stay tuned for more learning opportunities!   ---- 📅 November 28, 2024 13:00 – 14:00 CET Topic - One Health Intelligence: Global Collaboration for Emerging Health Threat Detection The World Health Organization EPI-WIN Learning Series is a virtual global health community. This week’s session will introduce the Global Early Warning and Prevention System (GLEWS), a tool for detecting, verifying, and disseminating public health risks. Participants will learn how three organizations collaborate and utilize the GLEWS to identify and monitor emerging health emergencies.   Speakers: - Dr. Abdi Mahamud, Director, Alert & Response Coordination Department, World Health Organization (WHO) - Dr. Montserrat Arroyo, Deputy Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) - Dr. Dubravka-Dunja Selenic, Team Lead, Public Health Intelligence, WHO - Dr. Ismaila Seck, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Dr. Itlala Gizo, World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) To learn more and register, visit: https://lnkd.in/gkQvZVMg ---- 📅 November 28, 2024 12:00 – 13:00 SAST Topic - Mpox Response in Action: Case Studies from the Field This learning session is led by the Southern Africa Regional ECHO program. Participants will practice case-based learning and discuss mpox field experiences, response strategies, treatment challenges, and best practices. The Southern Africa Regional ECHO program aims to expand the ECHO movement by strengthening links between Ministries of Health and SARE Institute countries -- Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi, Eswatini, and Lesotho.   Portuguese interpretation is available.   To learn more and register, visit: https://lnkd.in/gm_cAwux

📍 New Mexico in Focus highlights ECHO’s impact on diabetes care in rural communities. 📍 Learn how virtual mentorship helps rural health care providers treat diabetes and improve community health outcomes in a conversation with Jeff Proctor, executive producer of New Mexico in Focus; Dr. Matthew Bouchonville, associate director of Project ECHO; and Dr. Tamara Singleton, ECHO-trained family physician. Watch here▶️: https://lnkd.in/gvKcRGBw

Did you know bacteria and viruses can stop responding to antibiotics? This is a process called antimicrobial resistance (AMR). On #AMRawarenessweek, learn how our partners use the ECHO Model to prevent and treat antimicrobial resistance in "ECHO Supports Infection Control Network in Africa" ➡️: https://lnkd.in/g2xK4aYt

⏺️ Early cancer detection is prevention. ⏺️ By increasing community access to early cancer care, ECHO partners in western Kenya are preventing curable childhood cancers from becoming life-threatening. Read our partnership and prevention story in Resolve Global Health’s “The Virtual Platform Facilitating Childhood Cancer Care” ➡️ : https://lnkd.in/gNMAc-i7 #earlydetection

Nearly 30% of cancers are curable if detected early, yet low- and middle-income countries have limited access to early cancer care. ECHO partners across Africa are closing this care gap by training health care providers in early cancer detection and treatment. ”The Virtual Platform Facilitating Childhood Cancer Care” shares the story of ECHO partners in western Kenya developing an early cancer care community of practice and improving childhood cancer outcomes. Read the Resolve Global Health article here ➡️: https://lnkd.in/gNMAc-i7 #earlydetection

Join us and our partners at the World Health Organization for the Global Long Covid Webinar Series: Exploring Clinical Practice and Research. The virtual learning series is an opportunity for clinicians to join a community of practice and access evidence-based guidance on identifying, diagnosing, and treating people living with Long Covid. This series is supported by our team at Project ECHO. All learning sessions are conducted in English, with French, Portuguese, Arabic, and Spanish interpretation. 📢 Upcoming sessions are listed below: ---- ⏺️ Topic: Long Covid Science, Research, and Policy 📅 Nov. 20 8-9 a.m. MST 📅 Nov. 21 8-9 p.m. MST 📅 Nov. 22 8-9 a.m. MST 📝 To learn more and register, visit: https://lnkd.in/gs3sQVzF #longcovid

Prematurity is preventable, and with the right care and resources, we can make a significant difference. Organizations such as Lwala Community Alliance, Project ECHO, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Inc. (BMMA), Urban Institute, AFRICAN AMERICAN BREASTFEEDING NETWORK INC, Children's Wisconsin and others are making strides in maternal health to make sure that every baby has a healthy start. The GE HealthCare Foundation is proud to support them.

“Cervical cancer, while preventable through vaccination and usually treatable if detected early, remains the third leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the Indo-Pacific region.” On #WorldCervicalCancerDay, we celebrate our partnership with The White House’s Quad Cancer Initiative. With a team of global contributors, we’re taking collective action to eliminate preventable cancers in the Indo-Pacific region by developing effective and accessible prevention and care. Learn more about the Quad Cancer Initiative here ➡️: https://lnkd.in/g4PQ_Nmz

To close this week’s spotlight on ECHO’s diabetes work, we share Jessica Kirk’s story. Kirk is an endocrinology nurse manager at The University of New Mexico, and she is living with diabetes. Growing up in rural New Mexico, Kirk did not have access to community-based diabetes care, which inspired her to become a nurse and join the New Mexico Endocrinology ECHO program. As an ECHO-trained provider, she brings life-changing diabetes treatment strategies to rural and underserved communities. Read her story, “Project ECHO Gives New Mexico’s Diabetes Patients Hope,” here ➡️: https://lnkd.in/gMD64YGU

“I’m very lucky to have Dr. Finley as a diabetic doctor. She has changed my life and turned me around for the better.” Tim Loflin of Clovis, NM, reflects on learning to manage his diabetes by working with an ECHO-trained health care provider. Learn more about ECHO’s impact on diabetes care in rural communities here ➡️: https://lnkd.in/g9T3_XZP #WorldDiabetesDay