Maternal Mortality and the Public Health Service in Brazil - Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2021;43(9):645-647
Maternal mortality (MM) has been a serious problem for public health worldwide and the subject of many debates internationally. In addition to health issues, this indicator also reflects the social conditions of victimized women. Maternal mortality represents a family and social tragedy, and many of these deaths result from avoidable causes. About 70% are caused by complications such as bleeding, infections, unsafe abortions, eclampsia and labor dystocia, which makes the statistics a reflex of the quality of women’s health care. Nowadays, 830 women die in Brazil every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. According to the Brazilian Obstetric Observatory, 38 maternal deaths from Covid-19 were recorded each week in Brazil in 2021.
In 2000, at the Millennium Summit sponsored by the United Nations, a 75% reduction in maternal mortality rates was established as a goal in an agreement signed by the 191 member nations, adopting indicators of year 1990 as a starting point. According to available data, MM in Brazil was of 143/100 thousand live births (LB) in 1990, despite the well-known underreporting of deaths. The goal to be reached in 2015 by Brazil would be 35.8 MM/100 thousand LB.
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Maternal mortality (MM) has been a serious problem for public health worldwide and the subject of many debates internationally. In addition to health issues, this indicator also reflects the social conditions of victimized women. Maternal mortality represents a family and social tragedy, and many of these deaths result from avoidable causes. About 70% are caused by complications such as bleeding, infections, unsafe abortions, eclampsia and labor dystocia, which makes the statistics a reflex of the quality of women's health care. Nowadays, 830 women die in Brazil every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. According to the Brazilian Obstetric Observatory, 38 maternal deaths from Covid-19 were recorded each week in Brazil in 2021.
In 2000, at the Millennium Summit sponsored by the United Nations, a 75% reduction in maternal mortality rates was established as a goal in an agreement signed by the 191 member nations, adopting indicators of year 1990 as a starting point. According to available data, MM in Brazil was of 143/100 thousand live births (LB) in 1990, despite the well-known underreporting of deaths. The goal to be reached in 2015 by Brazil would be 35.8 MM/100 thousand LB.
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