Recent Trends in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Brazil

Progress Toward Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5

Bibliographic Data

ID11036662
AuthorsFernando C Barros (0000-0001-5973-1746, Universidade Católica de Pelotas), Alícia Matijasevich (0000-0003-0060-1589, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Jennifer Harris Requejo, Jennifer Requejo (0000-0002-0351-7465, Johns Hopkins University), Elsa Regina Justo Giugliani (0000-0001-6569-6473), Elsa Giugliani, Ana Goretti K Maranhão (0000-0003-1417-2009, Fundação de Ciência, Aplicações e Tecnologia Espaciais), Ana Goretti Maranhão, Carlos Augusto Monteiro (0000-0002-3777-1533, Universidade de São Paulo), Aluísio J D Barros (0000-0002-2022-8729, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Flavia Bustreo (Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs), Mario Merialdi (0000-0003-4031-3039, World Health Organization - Pakistan), Cesar G Victora (0000-0002-2465-2180, Johns Hopkins University)
Year2010
Volume100
Issue10
Pages1877-1889
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2010.196816
PMID20724669
PMCIDPMC2936973
OpenAlexW2060112203
LanguageEN
Citations received46
References cited33

We analyzed Brazil's efforts in reducing child mortality, improving maternal and child health, and reducing socioeconomic and regional inequalities from 1990 through 2007. We compiled and reanalyzed data from several sources, including vital statistics and population-based surveys. We also explored the roles of broad socioeconomic and demographic changes and the introduction of health sector and other reform measures in explaining the improvements observed. Our findings provide compelling evidence that proactive measures to reduce health disparities accompanied by socioeconomic progress can result in measurable improvements in the health of children and mothers in a relatively short interval. Our analysis of Brazil's successes and remaining challenges to reach and surpass Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 can provide important lessons for other low- and middle-income countries

Child development · Child mortality · Developing country · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Inequality · Infant mortality · Millennium Development Goals · Political science · Population · Public health · Socioeconomic development · Socioeconomic status · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology

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