From the Margins: Let’s Create the Narrative Together
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.
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.?
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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,
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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