COVID-19 and Maternal Death in Brazil: An Invisible Tragedy

Affiliations

¹ Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
² Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira, Recife, PE, Brazil.
³ Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
⁴ Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
⁵ Maternidade Leila Diniz, Hospital Municipal Lourenço, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁶ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁷ Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Manguinhos, RJ, Brazil.

Editorial

Marcos Nakamura-Pereira et al. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;42(8):445-447.

doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1715138. Epub 2020 Sep 8.

¹ Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
² Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira, Recife, PE, Brazil.
³ Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
⁴ Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
⁵ Maternidade Leila Diniz, Hospital Municipal Lourenço, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁶ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁷ Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Manguinhos, RJ, Brazil.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflict of interests to declare.

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