UNM Health Sciences News:

The University of New Mexico (New Mexico): Part Two of the “It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science” podcast. New Mexico Medical Director Dr. Matt Bouchonville and Andrea Zurawski, RN, Latin America director, discuss how the ECHO Model has expanded beyond its original focus to more than 30 programs in the health care space as well as education initiatives, agriculture, public safety and engagement. (April 23) 

Agencia de Noticias Fides (Bolivia): Project ECHO is mentioned in this coverage of the upcoming 5th International Health Congress, hosted by the University Franz Tamayo, slated for May 13 and 14. The congress will include experts from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and the U.S. Project ECHO will be discussed as part of the “Heath of the Future” section, focused on digital transformation. (April 22) 

Project ECHO (Africa): As the global health community experiences uncertainty in funding and support, Project ECHO partners in Africa face the challenge head-on through collaboration and shared learning. (April 20) 

Progressive Charlestown (United States): A re-run of the original article published in Undark, examining the physical and mental health effects of wildfire smoke. The piece quoted Dr. Joanna Katzman, who trains clinicians on the health effects of climate change through ECHO. (April 20)  

Science Africa (Africa): A result of a recent media roundtable in Kenya, this piece focuses on Africa’s acute shortage of health care workers and how Project ECHO’s virtual mentoring model—currently reaching 35 African countries and running more than 3,000 health programs—upskills frontline providers. (April 18) 

Research Update

Pediatrics (Ethiopia): The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Ethiopian Pediatrics Society and Project ECHO partnered to establish curriculum and a learning community to improve a gap in essential newborn care, delayed cord clamping.

The regional intervention was carried out in eight health facilities in the Ethiopian Neonatal Network in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The primary outcome was the percentage of deliveries at each site that achieved delayed cord clamping. Initial rates ranged from 7% to 72%, with six of the eight sites having initial clamping rates at or below 50%.  

A combined analysis of all sites included over 3,500 observed deliveries and an end-of-project delayed cord clamping rate above 90%. This intervention significantly increased the rate of this clinical practice. Project ECHO proved to be a successful methodology to disseminate the framework and tools for learners in low-resource settings. (January) See alsoNature (Ethiopia): (December 2025)