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ECHO India is a non-profit trust that was founded in 2008 with a mission to promote equity in healthcare and education. The organization achieves this goal by providing capacity building programs for healthcare professionals and educators. ECHO India's innovative 'Hub and Spoke' Model of learning involves a team of experts serving as the hub, mentoring and training the spokes, who are a cohort of learners This approach is facilitated through a cutting edge digital infrastructure that enables scalable and sustainable capacity building in a cost-effective manner. ECHO India aims to impact the lives of 400 million people in India by the end of 2025. To achieve this goal, in collaboration with our partners, we have launched over 400 hubs and implemented 1000 capacity-building programs that cover more than 30 disease areas. These programs have witnessed over a million attendances from healthcare workers and educators across the country, with remarkable results. The ECHO Model's 'All Teach All Learn' framework has been proven effective and has been validated by over 500 peer-reviewed articles published in renowned national and international journals, such as The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. ECHO India has joined forces with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and 29 state National Health Missions (NHMs), municipal corporations, nursing councils, and esteemed medical institutions across India. Some of our leading institutional partners include AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health & Neurological Sciences), NITRD (National Institute for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases), NICPR (National Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research), Tata Memorial Hospital, and PGIMER (Post Graduate Institute for Medical Education & Research). By collaborating with these entities, ECHO India is making significant strides towards strengthening the country's healthcare system.

09/12/2025

Building the capacity of nurses is essential for timely breast and cervical cancer diagnosis, especially since they serve on the frontlines of patient care.
Cancer Institute (WIA) Adyar, Chennai and , launched the Cervical and Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Care Capacity Building ECHO Program for Nursing Professionals in Chennai.

The event brought together esteemed experts including:
- Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan, CEO & Director, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai
- Dr. V. Surendran, Head of Onco-Psychology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai
- Dr. Priya Iyer, Head of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai
- Mrs. Muthuram G, Nursing Superintendent, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai

The program aims to equip nurses with advanced knowledge and skills to effectively provide patient care and support for breast and cervical cancers.

This initiative marks a significant step toward strengthening cancer care systems and improving patient outcomes.

๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ; ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.Join the upco...
08/12/2025

๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ; ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.

Join the upcoming session of the Webinar Series on Advances in Thalassaemia Care, where experts will discuss and explore the various facets of bone pain in thalassemia. Learn its pathophysiology, early signs of recognition, prevention, and evidence-based approaches to management.

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://iecho.org/public/program/PRGM17146324962756NZJFFJLII

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ.

๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ; ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐จ.In our cities, soil plays a critical role in balancing the ecosystem by filtering ...
05/12/2025

๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ; ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐จ.
In our cities, soil plays a critical role in balancing the ecosystem by filtering water, storing carbon, regulating heat, supporting biodiversity, and enabling food production. Yet efforts to protect and sustainably manage urban soils remain limited.

Through our collaborative sessions, we facilitate knowledge exchange on diverse urban agriculture approaches. From nutri-sensitive farming to urban forestry, is actively building capacity and fostering entrepreneurship in urban farming & empowering communities to strengthen urban agriculture.

This World Soil Day, we support the theme โ€œHealthy soils for healthy citiesโ€, emphasising the need to reimagine urban soils to restore and utilise their immense potential.

Weโ€™re deeply thankful to our partners for advancing meaningful environmental action.

The early years shape everything and sometimes, they touch our lives in ways we donโ€™t expect.Through ECHO Indiaโ€™s Early ...
04/12/2025

The early years shape everything and sometimes, they touch our lives in ways we donโ€™t expect.

Through ECHO Indiaโ€™s Early Childhood Education sessions, educators and caregivers like Meena Aggarwal are learning how the tiniest moments - a childโ€™s question, a shared smile, a moment of comfort silently build the foundation for lifelong learning and wellbeing.

Stories like hers remind us that behind every skill, every behaviour, and every new milestone is someone who cares enough to show up with patience and heart.

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’“๐’–๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’“๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š. ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’†.โ€This year, the ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ...
03/12/2025

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’“๐’–๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’“๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š. ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’†.โ€

This year, the ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ calls on the world to move from awareness to action. The theme โ€œFostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progressโ€ reminds us that development has meaning only when every individual can participate with dignity and equality.

At , we believe that inclusion begins with knowledge shared. With the support of our partners, we connect diverse communities through our capacity building programmes, creating spaces where learning is collective and expertise belongs to everyone. By democratising knowledge, we help build systems where persons with disabilities can learn, work, lead, and contribute with the same freedom and opportunity as anyone else.

As we observe this day, we are reminded of the responsibility we all share to remove barriers, challenge stigma, and uphold equal rights for every person.

Globally, around 6,30,000 people lost their lives to HIV related causes in 2024 (WHO). It is not just a number. It is an...
01/12/2025

Globally, around 6,30,000 people lost their lives to HIV related causes in 2024 (WHO). It is not just a number. It is an entire community of families, friendships, dreams and futures that could have been protected with timely care, awareness and access to treatment.

The world speaks often about AIDS, yet the quiet battles continue every day. Behind every statistic is a person who hoped to live longer and a family that hoped to hold on. These numbers remind us that compassion, cooperation and shared responsibility are not optional. They are essential.

This World AIDS Day, we at stand with the theme โ€œOvercoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response.โ€ We remain deeply grateful to our partners whose commitment strengthens the path forward. When healthcare workers are supported with knowledge and confidence, they carry that strength to every patient and every community they serve.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง?In Bihar, a state once rooted in the belief th...
28/11/2025

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

In Bihar, a state once rooted in the belief that water is endless, a powerful shift is underway from abundance to awareness, from dependence to responsible usage.

Ram Jatan Das, Manager Projects, ECHO India, shares how and Water for People India are empowering local communities through digital learning, Jal Chaupals, and continuous mentoring. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ? Pump operators, Panchayat members, and families are now working together to protect every drop, today and for the future.

๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž:
https://echoindia.in/blog/Empowering-Change-Strengthening-Rural-Water-Systems-in-Bihar%20/

Behind every cancer journey is a family trying to stay hopeful and a frontline worker trying to hold that hope steady.Fo...
28/11/2025

Behind every cancer journey is a family trying to stay hopeful and a frontline worker trying to hold that hope steady.

For ๐Š. ๐•๐š๐ง๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐ข, Health and Wellness Officer from Mamit, Mizoram, the Cancer Care Bharat ECHO program has been a reminder that emotional support is as important as medical care.

She now approaches every family with greater patience, empathy, and confidence - helping them feel seen, heard, and supported in moments when they need it most. Her experience reminds us that when we invest in the emotional strength of our healthcare workers, we strengthen entire communities in return.

For 18 years, Anupa Datta has championed the belief that every child deserves an inclusive, supportive start to learning...
27/11/2025

For 18 years, Anupa Datta has championed the belief that every child deserves an inclusive, supportive start to learning. Through the KMC-CINI Early Childhood Education ECHO program, she mentors KMC teachers to adopt multisensory, child-centred practices - strengthening their confidence and transforming classrooms.

Her journey shows how the ECHO model empowers educators at the grassroots to build nurturing, inclusive spaces where every child can thrive.

To address the escalating burden of cardiometabolic syndrome (CMS), National Health Mission (NHM) Manipur, and the India...
24/11/2025

To address the escalating burden of cardiometabolic syndrome (CMS), National Health Mission (NHM) Manipur, and the Indian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ISLM) in collaboration with have launched the Cardio-Metabolic Syndrome (CMS) ECHO Program.

This initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of Medical Officers in the early identification and evidence-based management of lifestyle-related diseases like hypertension, diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, and stroke.

The event was graced by:
-Shri Sumant Singh, Health Commissioner, Government of Manipur
-Dr. M. Dinesh Singh, State Mission Director
-Dr. Y. Premchandra Singh, Senior Diabetologist & SNOโ€“NCD
-Dr. Lakshmi Sundar, ISLM
-Dr. Sabitha, ISLM

The program marks a significant step forward in strengthening frontline healthcare systems and combating cardiometabolic syndrome.

India carries one of the worldโ€™s heaviest infectious disease burdens, leading to an inherent dependence on antimicrobial...
24/11/2025

India carries one of the worldโ€™s heaviest infectious disease burdens, leading to an inherent dependence on antimicrobials. However, it is the misuse and overuse of these life-saving medicines that is now giving birth to the crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

With antibiotics themselves becoming a cause for concern, routine infections now risk turning into life-threatening emergencies. The time to evaluate and act is now.

As we observe ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค, Dr. Sandeep Bhalla, MD, DNB, Vice President, Projects โ€“ Health & Education at ECHO India, delves into Indiaโ€™s AMR challenge, its clinical urgency, environmental complexity, the crucial role of capacity building, and how the ECHO Model is leading the fight against AMR.

๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž:
https://echoindia.in/blog/Confronting-Antimicrobial-Resistance-in-India/

From strengthening problem-solving skills to fostering a positive, collaborative school environment, the School Leadersh...
21/11/2025

From strengthening problem-solving skills to fostering a positive, collaborative school environment, the School Leadership JEPCโ€“ECHO India program has been a truly transformative experience for Sujata Kerketta, Principal In-Charge, CM School of Excellence Girls, Hazaribagh.

Through structured learning, case-based discussions, and practical tools like SWOT analysis, she witnessed meaningful shifts - teachers collaborating more, students taking greater ownership, and systems becoming more structured and positive.

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Project ECHOยฎ (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) was founded by Dr. Sanjeev Arora in New Mexico in 2003 as a model to deliver and extend equitable healthcare and other critical resources to the worldโ€™s most vulnerable populations. Following its success, the ECHO model was then launched in India in 2008.

Today, ECHO India is a fast-growing non-profit organization working towards bridging gaps in healthcare & education with backing by funders such as Co-Impact, Tata Trusts, Goradia Foundation among many others.

Leveraging our knowledge-sharing platform within the framework of the ECHO principles, our goal is to replicate and support Project ECHOยฎ programs in India with an aim to demonopolize knowledge and amplify capacity.

As on date, ECHO India has 30+ prestigious academic institutions as partners running ECHO programs in 20+ focus areas in more than 55 cities across the country.