Sociodemographic and health care profile of maternal death in Recife, PE, Brazil, 2006-2017: a descriptive study.
Patrícia Ismael de CarvalhoPaulo Germano de FriasMarcelle Luana Carneiro LemosLuciana Alves Lima de Melo FrutuosoBarbara de Queiroz FigueirôaCândida Correia de Barros PereiraIdalacy de Carvalho BarretoSuely Arruda VidalPublished in: Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil (2020)
deaths occurred mainly in the postpartum period, among Black women; care failures were frequent; improved health service surveillance and follow-up is needed in the pregnancy-puerperal period, in Recife.