Editorial Archives - Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia

Unplanned pregnancy continues to be a public health problem in Brazil, particularly for the most vulnerable segment of the population. According to data from the Birth in Brazil study, 55% of pregnancies are unplanned, a proportion that reaches 65.3% among adolescents. Although the copper IUD is a highly effective long-term contraceptive method, it is still […]

Fear encompasses concerns on a spectrum ranging from mild fear to phobia. When it comes to fear related to childbirth, there is no consensus on its exact definition. However, there is no doubt about its importance in obstetric care.– When fear of childbirth is intense, it can harm the woman’s health,, becoming a disabling factor […]

In the month of October, the World Day against Osteoporosis was celebrated and the date is dedicated to the global awareness of its prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This disease affects about 200 million people worldwide, causing more than 8.9 million fractures annually., Globally, it affects 21.2% of women over 50 years of age. Fractures caused […]

Competency-based training emerged in the early 2000s and stands out as the primary internationally recognized guidance model for undergraduate and postgraduate (PG) training. The knowledge, skills, and attitudes expected from physicians and specialists were established in competencies frameworks. In Brazil, the Medical Residency Commission (COREME) of the Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Associations (Febrasgo) […]

Endometriosis is a chronic, benign, estrogen-dependent and multifactorial gynecological disease that mainly affects women of reproductive age. It can be defined by the presence of tissue that resembles the endometrial gland and/or stroma outside the uterus, predominantly although not exclusively, in the female pelvis. It is estimated that 10% of women of reproductive age have […]

Recently, Bartal and Sibai wrote about the current concepts of eclampsia in the 21st Century. One of the several interesting points of this article is the comparison of the incidence of eclampsia between developed countries and countries with low socioeconomic status. The eclampsia rate per 10,000 births ranged around 150.6 in Madagascar, 140.1 in Tanzania […]

A few years ago, when I was on my post-doctoral training abroad, on placental biology and immunology, I started to understand the amazing potential within studying the placenta. At the time, my 5-year-old daughter was asked to share with her classmate’s information regarding her family and when talking about my background, she said I was […]

Endometriosis affects ∼5%-10% of women of reproductive age and is often associated with painful symptoms like dysmenorrhea, dyschezia, dyspareunia, and even non cyclical pain. The disease is diagnosed in at least 20% of women with dysmenorrhea and/or non-menstrual pelvic pain, reaching a prevalence of 50% among adolescents. There is an alignment among international societies that […]