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From the Margins: Let’s Create the Narrative TogetherWhat About Rural Health?™ is a podcast series dedicated to bringing focuseddiscussions on the unique challenges, lived experiences, opportunities, and innovationswithin rural healthcare—both locally and globally.
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Funding Rural Healthcare in Conflict Zones and Disaster Areas (Part 2) | Dr Nashwan Al Othman (opens the original)
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE How can rural healthcare systems move from emergency response to long-term resilience in conflict zones and disaster areas? In Part 2 of this conversation, Chinasa U. Imo and Dr Nashwan Al Othman examine how governments, humanitarian organizations, funders, and local health leaders can finance rural healthcare before, during, and after crises. They discuss practical approaches to disaster preparedness, workforce protection, medical supply chains, mobile care, local partnership
Funding Rural Healthcare in Conflict Zones and Disaster Areas (Part 1) | Dr Nashwan Al Othman (opens the original)
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Funding rural healthcare in conflict zones and disaster areas requires resilient financing, emergency preparedness, and stronger health systems. Dr Nashwan Al Othman explains what works. ABOUT THIS EPISODE How do rural communities maintain access to healthcare when conflict, displacement, natural disasters, and damaged infrastructure place already fragile health systems under severe pressure? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Chinasa U. Imo speaks with Dr Nashwan Al Othman about funding r
Investing in Rural Health: Africa’s Next Frontier (Part 2) (opens the original)
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Part 2 turns from reframing the problem to building workable financing and investment models for African rural health. Chinasa Imo and Serah Makka examine who currently pays for care, why heavy reliance on out-of-pocket spending pushes families further into poverty, and how prevention-focused primary healthcare, insurance, accountable public financing, and selective external support can create a more sustainable system. They also explore local manufacturing, investable proof-o
Investing in Rural Health: Africa’s Next Frontier (Part 1) (opens the original)
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Chinasa Imo and Serah Makka challenge the familiar framing of African rural health as a story of scarcity, charity, and basic service delivery. They explore why rural health should instead be understood as a strategic investment frontier, one connected to economic opportunity, research and development, workforce innovation, digital health, disease surveillance, climate resilience, and public health security. The conversation examines ho
Can Holistic Care Make Rural Healthcare More Affordable? (Part 2) | Dr Jess Armine | What About Rural Health (opens the original)
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Is modern fragmented medical care ruining healthcare practice? Can holistic care help make rural healthcare more affordable, coordinated, and accessible? In this episode of What About Rural Health , host Chinasa Imo sits down with Dr Jess Armine, DC, RN, a physician, nurse, paramedic, and functional medicine expert with 50 years of healthcare experience, to explore how holistic, integrated care could transform rural healthcare and make it more affordable. Dr. Armen takes us inside the cell to ex
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