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Born in Brazil: National survey on labor and birth

Project 511

Problem to be solved
Insufficient information about the increasing rate of unnecessary cesareans, their determinants and consequences for maternal and newborn health, to support public policies to improve care during pregnancy, childbirth and birth.

Proposed innovation

  • Webpage: http://www.ensp.fiocruz.br/nascernobrasil/;
  • Electronic forms to collect data for performance of a national survey.
  • Videos on the subject of labor and birth.

    • Differential

  • First perinatal survey in Brazil to estimate the prevalence of cesareans occurred in private and public institutions of the public health system, according to geographic location.
  • Description and analysis of maternal and newborn complications per type of delivery, with emphasis on prematurity.

    • Status of intellectual property
    Copyright

    What we want
    Partnership

    Coordinator
    Maria do Carmo Leal / ENSP

    Contact
    Gestec/VPPIS – phone: 21 3882 9099/ 3882 9120 or portfolio@fiocruz.br