Bem Nacer MS: a path to reduce maternal and child mortality in Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

Introduction: Maternal Health refers to women’s health during the pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. Each stage must be a positive experience, assuring that mothers and their babies reach full potential of health and well-being. Improving maternal health is one of the main priorities of the WHO, reasoned on an approach of human rights and linked to efforts for a universal health coverage. Description of the professional experience: To describe the introduction of Projeto Bem Nascer MS, adhered by the 79 counties of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, with the intention of reducing maternal and infant death rates. Discussion: Report of the creation and release of the project Bem Nascer MS in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul through the Secretaria de Estado de Saúde, on November of 2021, the adhersion of 79 counties, equipment shipping, financial transfer of costing to counties that deployed state reference centers as a strategy for the reduction of maternal and infant deaths and as one of the positive results of the implementation of the Bem Nascer MS Project was the contribution of the reduction of maternal mortality in the year 2022. Final Considerations: The project Bem Nascer MS is still on implementation stages, but already indicates impact of women’s acess to early diagnoses.