High maternal mortality rates in Brazil: Inequalities and the struggle for justice

• Damiao Soares Tenorio,
• Aloisio Gomes de Matos Brasil,
• Brenda Gomes Nogueira,
• Nadia Nara Rolim Lima,
• Jaime Emanuel Brito Araújo,
• Modesto Leite Rolim Neto

Affiliations

Damiao Soares Tenorio

State Attorney of Ceará, Researcher and Professor at the University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Aloisio Gomes de Matos Brasil

Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri – UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil

Brenda Gomes Nogueira

Faculty of Medicine, UNIPÊ University Center, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

Nadia Nara Rolim Lima

Postgraduate Program (Master and Doctorate) in Neuropsychiatry at the Federal University of Pernambuco – UFPE, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Jaime Emanuel Brito Araújo

Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Campina Grande – UFCG, Cajazeiras, Paraíba, Brazil

Modesto Leite Rolim Neto

Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri – UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil; Corresponding author at: School of Medicine/Federal University of Cariri – UFCA, Brazil.