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In 2016, the Brazilian Federation of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Associations – FEBRASGO began a major restructuring process of the RBGO – Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia with significant changes in its editorial policy. Since that date, after the editorial board was reformulated, the articles began to be published in English with absolute regularity […]

VACCINATION […]

HPV vaccination program in Brazil The introduction of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine Gardasil 4V into the Brazilian National Immunization Schedule was approved by the National Committee for Technology Incorporation into the Unified Health System (Conitec) and incorporated into the National Immunization Schedule in 2014. This decision was based on a previous cost-effectiveness study that analyzed […]

At least in the last two decades, Brazil has established policies to reduce maternal mortality (MM). Despite international agreements, in which the Millennium Development Goals stand out, as well as proposed actions by the Rede Cegonha Program, it was impossible to achieve minimum MM indicators, even thought around 90% of these deaths are preventable.() This […]

Sexual Health (SH) is an area that requires special attention, as it is directly related to sexual behavior, which has the potential to impact sexual and reproductive health. In 1994, in Cairo, the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development included SH in the definition of reproductive health, indicating that SH […]

The Latin American Center for Perinatology-PAHO aims to strengthen healthcare since 1970. For timely surveillance of maternal health, a perinatal information system (SIP) was implemented to enable monitoring trends of severe morbidity/mortality. It is time for integrated interventions to translate surveillance into health policies to address preventable maternal/perinatal deaths. Regardless of the global progress in […]

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 […]

Endometriosis, from a pathophysiological standpoint, can be defined as active endometrium-like tissue outside the uterus. However, to better understand and approach this complex disease, it should be addressed as a chronic inflammatory disease that can cause pelvic pain during a long period of a women’s reproductive lifetime. Due to nociplasty, women affected by endometriosis can […]