Maternal Mortality in Brazil, 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
Lisiane Freitas LealDéborah Carvalho MaltaMaria de Fatima Marinho de SouzaAna Maria Nogales VasconcelosRenato Teixeira AzeredoGuilherme Augusto VelosoSônia LanskyAntonio Luiz Pinho RibeiroGiovanny Vinicius Araújo de FrançaMohsen NagaviPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2022)
Maternal deaths in Brazil have decreased substantially since 1990; however, the numbers still fall short of what was established by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indirect causes are the greatest problem in more than 60% of the FU, especially for hypertensive pregnancy diseases.