Brazil-27th Session May 2017-Maternal health / morbidity / mortality

Para 102) The recent Ministry of Health Ordinance n. 102, of January 20, 2022, established that Family Health Strategy teams are to be paid according to performance. The following prenatal and women health care indicators are to be observed: (i) Proportion of pregnant women that have attended at least six prenatal consultations, given that the first one took place until the 12th pregnancy week; (ii) Proportion of pregnant women tested for syphilis and HIV; (iii) Proportion of pregnant women that attended dental consultations; and (iv) Proportion of women that underwent cytopathology material collection in the APS. Para 103) To train the APS teams, the Ministry of Health launched a course to qualify the Family Health Strategy teams to provide low risk pre-natal care. The course is structured in the following key topics: clinical management of pregnancy; Syphilis diagnosis, treatment and follow-up during pregnancy; cervical cancer prevention and control; dental pre-natal care; and interventions on site: management practices and services focused on shared and holistic care. Para 104) With relation to women’s health, and considering the importance of reducing maternal mortality, the Ministry of Health has published recommendations for the monitoring of and adoption of precautionary measures by pregnant women and those who have recently given birth due to the potential risks derived from the Covid-19 pandemic.