ANÁLISE DO IMPACTO DA PANDEMIA DE COVID 19 SOBRE A MORTALIDADE MATERNA NA PARAÍBA

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the numbers of maternal deaths in the State of Paraíba, taking the years 2014-2018 as a reference, and comparing with the year 2021, in which the effects of the pandemic could be felt more strongly in the obstetric population. Regarding the methodological approach, an ecological, observational and retrospective study was carried out. Data analysis demonstrated that the effects of the pandemic were felt especially strongly in these women, significantly increasing indirect maternal mortality that year. In addition to seeking to improve and improve prenatal health care, basic care linked to specialized centers in case of need for high-risk prenatal care, responsible for reducing levels of direct maternal mortality, we must also seek ways to protect the obstetric population from infectious-parasitic diseases and learn to manage their effects, within the physiological characteristics of the gestational/childbirth/postpartum period, whether in a pandemic context or not.