Abstract

MONTOYA, Norma Miriam Felles; PEREZ, María del Carmen Sánchez  and  BRONCANO, María Martha Martínez. Impact of COVID-19 on reproductive health: maternal mortality. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.5, n.15, pp.660-670.  Epub Oct 19, 2022. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v5i15.177.

The purpose of this article is to analyze the effects and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mortality in Peru, which affected the availability of resources, equipment, demand and access to health services; in addition to the diversion of human and financial resources to combat the outbreak of the infectious disease, the delay of standards, policies and insufficient public budget, fragmentation, disarticulation of health providers and vulnerability of health professionals. It is a qualitative descriptive and critical research approach, analyzed in the social and economic aspect of maternal mortality, epidemiological data, technical norms, and the affectation of COVID-19 in the pregnant population. The increase in maternal mortality of 45.4% and 56% in 2020 and 2021 with respect to 2019 was analyzed, also the achievement reached in 2015 to 68 maternal deaths and a remarkable decrease of 50% between 2000 and 2019, to succumb to the pandemic in a setback of 12 years and become the disease COVID-19 in the third and first cause of indirect maternal death in 2020 and 2021. It is worth highlighting the implementation of strategies that had the Lima Region as one of the regions with the lowest incidence of 2 and 6 maternal deaths respectively. In view of this problem, it was concluded that priority should be given to the capacity of the first level of care, continuous training of obstetricians and the application of strategies promoted by the Lima Region.

Keywords : COVID-19; Maternal Mortality; Effects of COVID-19.

        · abstract in Spanish | Portuguese     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )