Publication date: Jul 01, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed healthcare system vulnerabilities in low- and middle-income countries, including Sudan. The Community Medical Response Team (CMRT) was established to combat the spread of COVID-19 through collaboration with a US-based Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) telementorship, empowering Sudanese healthcare workers with vital knowledge and skills. This study aims to describe the CMRT ECHO program, evaluate participant satisfaction, gauge knowledge enhancement, and reflect on correlations between attendance frequency and participant profession. Data was collected from virtual telementorship sessions provided from December 2021 to March 2023 using the University of Nebraska Medical Center Project ECHO hub. Post-session confidential online surveys were used to assess participants’ profession, satisfaction, self-reported knowledge increase, and practice changes. Wilcoxon rank sum test and chi-square test were used to identify associations between attendance frequency, professional category, and various outcomes. Analysis of 2,667 survey responses across 42 sessions revealed 880 unique participants, including 466 (53%) medical doctors, 152 (17%) public health staff, and 262 (30%) other clinical personnel. The average attendance per session was 64 participants and the mean frequency of attendance was 3 sessions. Participants reported a significant increase in knowledge after sessions (p 

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