Avoidable maternal mortality as social injustice
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Data de Publicação: | 2020 |
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Título da fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil (Online) |
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Resumo: | Abstract Safe motherhood is not a reality for many women and maternal mortality persists as a severe public health problem. This paper aims to discuss avoidable maternal mortality beyond health issues emphasising on human rights violations and the multiple social repercussions on this complex phenomenon. From the human rights perspectives, avoidable maternal death can be characterized as violation of rights related to life, freedom and the person’s safety, family life, equality and non-discrimination, as well as to the highest attainable standard of health and benefits from scientific progress. When reproductive health risks are faced by pregnant women, they are not restricted to inherent issues such as pregnancy but they reflecton issues strongly linked in the need of gender equality and empowerment for all women and girls, and avoidable maternal mortality should be understood by everyone as a serious injustice tha tdiscriminates women and violates their fundamental rights. The avoidable maternal death recharacterisation, beginning from health disadvantage to social injustice, should develop a collective critical awareness involving the population, giving visibility repercussions for the individual, the family and the population, as well as promoting new interdisciplinary possibilities in coping, sharing and focusing on social control in public policies. |
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Avoidable maternal mortality as social injustice |
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Avoidable maternal mortality as social injustice |
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Avoidable maternal mortality as social injustice |
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Avoidable maternal mortality as social injustice |
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Freitas-Júnior,Reginaldo Antônio de Oliveira |
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Freitas-Júnior,Reginaldo Antônio de Oliveira |
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Freitas-Júnior,Reginaldo Antônio de Oliveira |
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Maternal mortality Human rights Women’s rights |
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Maternal mortality Human rights Women’s rights |
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Abstract Safe motherhood is not a reality for many women and maternal mortality persists as a severe public health problem. This paper aims to discuss avoidable maternal mortality beyond health issues emphasising on human rights violations and the multiple social repercussions on this complex phenomenon. From the human rights perspectives, avoidable maternal death can be characterized as violation of rights related to life, freedom and the person’s safety, family life, equality and non-discrimination, as well as to the highest attainable standard of health and benefits from scientific progress. When reproductive health risks are faced by pregnant women, they are not restricted to inherent issues such as pregnancy but they reflecton issues strongly linked in the need of gender equality and empowerment for all women and girls, and avoidable maternal mortality should be understood by everyone as a serious injustice tha tdiscriminates women and violates their fundamental rights. The avoidable maternal death recharacterisation, beginning from health disadvantage to social injustice, should develop a collective critical awareness involving the population, giving visibility repercussions for the individual, the family and the population, as well as promoting new interdisciplinary possibilities in coping, sharing and focusing on social control in public policies. |
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