Mais Médicos Program and prenatal care: obstetric outcomes in three bahian regions between 2010-2019

• Autor(a) principal: Depallens, Miguel Andino
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Garcia, Emerson Gomes, Saavedra, Ramon da Costa, Soster, José Cristiano, Carvalho, Tereza Cristina Paim Xavier
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3590
• topic: Saúde; Gravidez; PMMB; Salud; Embarazo; PMMB; Health; Pregnancy; PMMB

In Brazil, multiple policies have been developed to meet the demands of maternal and child health. In 1983, pressured by feminist movement, the country implemented a program to focus on women’s health ‘in its entirety’ – the Comprehensive Women’s Health Care Program (PAISM). Although the 1988 Citizen Constitution states, in its Article 186, that health is a universal good, this premise has never in fact been achievable throughout Brazil, despite all the policies and strategies developed, such as the Family Health Strategy. As such, the More Doctors Program for Brazil (PMMB) was structured in 2013 to strengthen the Family Health Strategy, ensuring universal access to the Unified Health System (SUS) through Primary Care. Given this context, this study sought to investigate the effect this program had in the country. In Brazil, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) went from approximately 140 in 1990 to 57 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births (LB) in 2019. In 2019, Bahia recorded an MMR of 51.2. In 2020, this index reached the value of 81.1. Despite significant advances, these findings are still far from the millennium development goals (MDGs) target, which was set at 35.8 in 2015. The results point to difficulties in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target, that is, 30 per 100,000 LB by 2030.