"They have been neglected for a long time": a qualitative study on the role and recognition of rural health motivators in the Shiselweni region, Eswatini

• Main Authors: Caroline Walker (Author), Doris Burtscher (Author), John Myeni (Author), Bernhard Kerschberger (Author), Bernadette Schausberger (Author), Barbara Rusch (Author), Nosipho Dlamini (Author), Katherine Whitehouse (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly engaged to address human resource shortages and fill primary healthcare gaps. In Eswatini, a cadre of CHWs called Rural Health Motivators (RHM) was introduced in 1976 to respond to key public health challenges. However, the emergen...