Banca de DEFESA: Fabiane da Fontoura Messias de Melo

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : Fabiane da Fontoura Messias de Melo
DATE: 31/03/2025
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85716833149?pwd=7nEthotHDC4WH4OrEL7LwUtKKA1Dxs.1
TITLE:

Maternal deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic in Acre: a study on State Feminicide

KEY WORDS:

maternal death; pandemic; COVID-19; state femicide;

PAGES: 164
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Direito
SUMMARY:

This study analyzes cases of maternal deaths that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in Acre, between 2020 and 2022. The objective is to demonstrate that these deaths cannot be attributed exclusively to the pandemic, but reflect preexisting social conditions, such as socioeconomic inequalities, limited access to health services, and inadequate management of the health crisis. The central question, “What did they do to them?”, implies recognizing that there was already scientific evidence to guide care, but necessary measures were not implemented to prevent these deaths. The research was based on visits to the agencies responsible for state and municipal Maternal Death Surveillance, analysis of death certificates and medical records, interviews with family members, review of national and international literature, and discussions with the research group involved in the project “Stories of women in times of pandemic: a study on maternal mortality”. Of the 25 pregnant and postpartum women who died in Rio Branco during the COVID-19 pandemic, 8 families agreed to participate in the interviews. The analysis identified elements that demonstrate how state-sponsored femicide impacted these deaths: weaknesses in the local maternal death surveillance system, among them coding errors, barriers to access to care, as revealed by medical records and interviews, and the scenario of conduct that disregarded scientific evidence in health, including the acquisition of ineffective medications and failures in immunization against COVID-19, which is a proven effective protective resource. The conclusion of this study indicates that, although each story has its own particularities, there are common traits in the deaths of these women: they were victims of combined forms of gender, race, and class oppression, facing health systems that neglected sexual and reproductive health during the pandemic. In addition, they suffered the consequences of poverty and inadequate management of the health crisis. The grieving families are survivors of a pandemic and, at the same time, victims of absent public policies, living in precarious conditions, exposed to disease, hunger, and violence. This paper serves as a record of the State’s failures to respond effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially with regard to women’s health and care needs.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2458484 - DEBORA DINIZ RODRIGUES
Interna - 1904522 - JANAINA LIMA PENALVA DA SILVA
Externa à Instituição - SILVANE DA CRUZ CHAVES - UFAC
Externa à Instituição - ILANA GRUNBAUN AMBROGI - ANIS
Externa à Instituição - LUCIANA STOIMENOFF BRITO - ANIS