About Project ECHO
Project ECHO is a revolutionary guided-practice model that reduces health disparities in underserved and remote areas. Through innovative telementoring, the ECHO model uses a hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing approach where expert teams lead virtual sessions, amplifying the capacity for providers to deliver best-in-practice care to the underserved in their own communities.
SAMA Project ECHO – Before the war
In 2021, SAMA signed a partnership agreement with Project ECHO to establish hubs and learning sites in Sudan. From August 2021 to April 2023, We launched a hub in our office in Khartoum fully equipped with a solar panel and high-speed internet. We then established learning sites in Khartoum, Northern State, and Gadarif states. We launched Frontline ECHO, Dialysis ECHO, UoK ECHO, Surgery ECHO, OMFS ECHO – 2022, and OMFS ECHO 2023.
SAMA Project ECHO – After the war
On April 15th, 2023, war broke out in Sudan. On April 25th, 2023, our Sudan office director and co-founder, Dr. Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman was killed in the breakdown of the rule of law that followed.
In July 2023, Mr. Abdulmajid Osman, Director of Operations of the SAMA Sudan office at the time, established the SAMA office in Port Sudan, and we named it the Bushra Ibnauf Center for Learning. We launched Trauma ECHO Dental School ECHO.
In 2024, we launched Infectious Disease ECHO and Emergency ECHO.
In 2025, we launched Diarrheal Disease ECHO after the cholera outbreak in Kosti, White Nile State. Following that, we launched Nutrition ECHO to address Severe Acute Malnutrition in detainees. To build research capacity in our community of learners, we launched Relevant Research ECHO.
SAMA Project ECHO SuperHub
In 2025, SAMA was recognized for its outstanding contribution and officially designated as a Superhub, enabling it to recruit, train, and mentor new ECHO partners.
SuperHub Leadership Team
- Dr. Salaheldin Abusin, Director of SAMA’s Project ECHO Superhub
- Dr. Mohamed Almahal, Executive Director
- Mr. Abdulmajid Osman, Director of IT, HR
- Dr. Salih MohamedKhair, Bushra Ibnauf Fellowship in Humanitarian Response
A typical Project ECHO session by SAMA
