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What About Rural Health?™ Podcast

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What About Rural Health?™ is a podcast series dedicated to bringing focused discussions on the unique challenges, lived experiences, opportunities, and innovations within rural healthcare—both locally and globally. Our mission is to bring rural health to the forefront of the global health conversation, ensuring these stories are not just heard, but impossible to ignore.

Hosted by Chinasa U Imo, a Global Health Policy Strategist, and produced by WARH?™ Studios, this immersive series blends first-hand accounts, expert insights, policy conversations, and cutting-edge research to elevate rural health in the global discourse.

 Each episode features voices from the frontlines—community members, healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers—unpacking the structural gaps and innovative solutions shaping access to care in underserved communities.

From deep-dive interviews to field-based storytelling, we bring rural health out of the margins and into focus—sparking dialogue, inspiring action, and influencing decisions and policies that advance equity.

Whether you’re a health professional, a student, a researcher, a policymaker, an advocate, or a curious listener, What About Rural Health?™ invites you to rethink global health through a rural lens—and join the movement to make rural health impossible to ignore.

Rural America

Making Rural America Healthy (A) | Dr Marschall Runge

Health in rural America is at a turning point. Discover how AI, Big Tech, and innovation are transforming access, equity, and healthcare systems.
When Distance Becomes the Diagnosis, Financing Lung Cancer in Rural Communities - Eugene Manley

When Distance Becomes the Diagnosis: Financing Lung Cancer in Rural Communities| Eugene Manley

Why does lung cancer receive disproportionately lower funding for research and treatment compared to every other form of cancer, despite being the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.?

Working Through Pain (B) | David Jeter

In the world of physical therapy, the rural communities are needier due to increased manual labour. How are rural dwellers able to survive the structure, barriers, policy hindering access to

Working Through Pain (A) David Jeter

Working Through Pain (A) | David Jeter

In the world of physical therapy, rural communities are in greater need due to increased manual labour. How are rural dwellers able to survive the structural barriers and policies hindering

Innovating Under Pressure (B) | LuAnn Kimker

Part B of the conversation: Nearly 66 million people live in rural America and more than half of rural hospitals are operating in the red. Still, the rural health system

Innovating Under Pressure (A) | LuAnn Kimker

Nearly 66 million people live in rural America and more than half of rural hospitals are operating in the red. Still the rural health system is being threatened by more

When Health Systems Fail (B) | Peter Kowey

In episode (B) of When Health Systems Fail, world-renowned cardiologist, Dr Peter Kowey, discusses the importance of individualized care in modern medicine. He explains how clinicians can move beyond rigid,

health systems rural health

When Health Systems Fail (A) | Dr Peter Kowey

How are health systems failing patients and doctors? Discover insights on insurance, corporatisation, and reforms shaping the future of care.

Excluded Voices (B): Financing Care for Deaf and Disabled Communities in Rural Health Systems | Grace Lester

A man sits in jail for murder because of a deaf misinterpretation. Listen to the story. #Deaf #story #ruralhealth #policy In part B of the conversation, Grace Lester talks about

Excluded Voices (A): Financing Care for Deaf and Disabled Communities in Rural Health Systems | Grace Lester

How do members of the deaf and disabled community navigate the health system in rural areas and structures? #healthequity #healthcare #deafcommunity #ruralhealth Grace Lester, a clinician and advocate for Deaf

What About Rural Health?™ When Health Systems Fail (B) | Peter Kowey

In episode (B) of When Health Systems Fail, world-renowned cardiologist, Dr Peter Kowey, discusses the importance of individualized care in modern medicine. He explains how clinicians can move beyond rigid,

What About Rural Health?™ When Health Systems Fail (A) | Dr Peter Kowey

In this episode (A) of Rethinking Rural Health Financing, world-renowned cardiologist, Dr Peter Kowey, explains the bureaucracy involved in achieving positive health system outcomes, especially with medical insurance companies. He

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