Tracking excess of maternal deaths associated with COVID-19 in Brazil: a nationwide analysis

• Main Authors: Raphael Mendonça Guimarães (Author), Lenice Gnocchi Costa Reis (Author), Maria Auxiliadora de Souza Mendes Gomes (Author), Cynthia Magluta (Author), Carlos Machado de Freitas (Author), Margareth Chrisostomo Portela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new challenge to maternal mortality in Brazil. Throughout 2020, Brazil registered 549 maternal deaths, mainly in second and third-trimester pregnant women. The objective of this study was to estimate the excess maternal deaths in Brazil caused dire...