The salt between the beans: a qualitative study of the role of auxiliary midwives in a hard-to-reach area of Myanmar

• Main Authors: Kyu Kyu Than (Author), Stanley Luchters (Author), Khaing Nwe Tin (Author), Thazin La (Author), James Beeson (Author), Alison Morgan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Auxiliary Midwives (AMWs) are unpaid volunteer health workers assisting qualified paid midwives in maternal and child health care mainly in hard-to-reach areas of Myanmar. This paper describes the relationship between AMWs and the health system in providing maternal and child ser...