Health / 4 February 2025 Rural areas need community health workers — and so does the NHI By Sigrid Kite-Banks Facebook X Email LinkedIn WhatsApp HEALTHCARE AT HOME: Asonwabisa Sipatana — a community health worker (CHW), also known as uNomakhaya in isiXhosa — visits mothers and newborns in their homes in Nqileni Village in the Eastern Cape. (Bulungula Incubator)