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.
In this episode of What About Rural Health, we speak with Cameron Sabet about rural health financing, the power of health data, and how better information can shape stronger rural
When Jack Clifford was told he needed open-heart surgery after being diagnosed with a blocked “widowmaker” artery, he chose a path few patients ever hear about. His decision led
In this episode of Rethinking Rural Health Financing, we confront a difficult but necessary question: who truly pays for rural health? What begins as a viral budget controversy quickly
In this episode of Rethinking Rural Health Financing, we confront a difficult but necessary question: who truly pays for rural health? What begins as a viral budget controversy quickly unfolds
Communities play a huge part in the lives of everyone, especially rural dwellers. Can community structures provide an out-of-the-box look at rural healthcare? Dr Moshood Olanrewaju, President of the Society
Communities play a huge part in the life of everyone, especially rural dwellers. Can community structures provide an out-of-the-box look to rural healthcare? Dr Moshood Olanrewaju, President of the Society
Your healthcare costs are rising, and budget cuts are biting. Can the private practice model provide a safe landing for rural America? Dr Rishin Shah, a board-certified cardiologist and vascular
Rural America is facing a growing crisis of healthcare access, from trained professionals, to financing, technological innovations to simplifying Healthcare complexities. Our guest, Marschall S. Runge, M.D., PhD, is the
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
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 is
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
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 the
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 does sustainable rural health financing look like in practice? In Part B of Bridging the Gap, we move from diagnosis to solutions. From a community in Kebbi State, Nigeria
In this first episode of Rethinking Rural Health Financing, Bridging the Gap: Why Rural Health Needs Sustainable Funding, Chinasa speaks with Tariah Adams to unpack the structural reasons rural health
Why does rural health remain underfunded – even when everyone agrees it matters? In this opening monologue of Rethinking Rural Health Financing, Chinasa Imo sets the stage for a bold
In Part Two of Resettled and Forgotten, Dr. Jessica Darrow unpacks what actually exists behind refugee and immigrant resettlement in the United States—and where the system still falls short. She
In this episode of What About Rural Health, we sit down with Dr. Jessica Darrow, Associate Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy,
What happens after people flee violence, climate disasters, and instability — and where do they go when the headlines fade? In this episode of What About Rural Health, we sit
In this thought-provoking episode of What About Rural Health?, host Chinasa Imo sits with Dr. Titilayo Ogumbambi, a public health expert whose work blends psychology, policy, and community development to
Nigerian Health Promotion: Challenges of Delivering Care in Rural Areas — A Conversation with Dr. Zainab Dahiru In this episode of What About Rural Health?, host Chinasa Imo speaks with
In this episode, we sit with Peterson Wachira, a seasoned Clinical Officer, Infectious Disease Expert, and National Chairperson of the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) — and a recipient
In this second part of our conversation with Idrissa Rogers, a seasoned logistics and supply chain professional with over a decade of experience in humanitarian and development work, we dive
In this episode, we go behind the scenes of rural health delivery with Idrissa Rogers, a seasoned logistics and supply chain professional with over a decade of experience in humanitarian
Innovation doesn’t always mean high budgets—it means being human-centred. In this episode, Dr. Eye Ngoa redefines what innovation looks like in rural healthcare, showing how simple, creative approaches can change
In this powerful episode of What About Rural Health?™, Kingsley Ndoh—Founder of Hurone AI—shares his journey into healthcare innovation and the inspiration behind creating AI tools to tackle cancer care
In this insightful episode of What About Rural Health?™, host Chinasa Imo sits down with Dr. Emily Parker to unpack the often-overlooked role of policy in shaping healthcare access for
In this episode of What About Rural Health?™, host, Chinasa Imo, sits down with Dr. Ifeanyi M. Nsofor—a renowned public health physician, global health equity advocate, and leading voice in
Episode 2 – Continuing the Conversation with Dr. John Joe Schlichtman In Part Two of our powerful conversation with urban sociologist Dr. John Joe Schlichtman, we pick up right where
Guest: Dr. John Joe Schlichtman, Urban Sociologist & Community Ethnographer In this thought-provoking kickoff episode of What About Rural Health?™, host Chinasa Imo sits down with urban sociologist Dr. John
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