Podcast discusses maternal deaths in Brazil – Folha – 03/16/2023 – Podcasts

In Brazil, 90% of maternal deaths could have been avoided. They are caused by problems such as hypertension, hemorrhages and infections and point to the lack of primary care and the difficulty in accessing basic health services in Brazil.

A series of reports from Sheet shows that the pandemic made the country go back 25 years on the indicator. In 2021, 110 women died between pregnancy and postpartum for every 100,000 babies born alive, the same level as in 1998. According to the Ministry of Health, the number is almost double that recorded in 2019-before the health crisis.

The cooling of the pandemic positively impacted the death rates of pregnant and puerperal women, but the weaknesses in obstetric care, which preceded the coronavirus, continue. And Brazil remains far from the target established in an international agreement, of 30 deaths per 100,000 live births. A report by the Ministry of Health itself points out that there is a 95% chance that the country will not meet the goal.

This Thursday’s Breakfast (16) explains how Brazil saw the rate of maternal deaths grow and analyzes the bottlenecks in this area of ​​the health system. Reporter Claudia Colucci, who coordinated the series of reports on the subject, made in partnership with the Pulitzer Center, tells how the government and civil society organize themselves to combat the problem.

The audio program is published on Spotify, streaming service partner of Sheet in the initiative and which specializes in music, podcast and video. You can listen to the episode by clicking above. To access the application, just register for free.

Breakfast is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Gabriela Mayer and Gustavo Simon, with production by Laila Mouallem and Carolina Moraes and sound editing by Raphael Concli.