Maternal Mortality Soars in Brazil During the Pandemic

A recent Brazilian study yielded alarming data about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal health. In 2020, the rate of maternal mortality was 40% higher than the average of the previous years. In 2021, there was a surge in the number of cases, and COVID-19 was responsible for 60% of maternal death s that year.

Brazil's numbers are significantly higher than those of other developing countries. In Chile, for example, maternal mortality increased from 19.2 to 28.1 per 100,000 live births. In countries in Central Asia, maternal mortality ranged from 18.5 to 36.5 per 100,000 live births during the pandemic, which was higher than in previous years. Colombia, which already had a high maternal mortality rate of 80 per 100,000 live births before the pandemic, saw an increase to 87 per 100,000 live births.

Maternal mortality is influenced by the quality of care, which involves issues such as access and availability of resources; prenatal, childbirth, and postpartum practices; and social, economic, and ethnic disparities in women's health overall.

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