Addressing maternal and child mortality in a northern brazilian state: coherence and discrepancy between management instruments and the 2030 agenda

Abstract

Introduction: Maternal and infant deaths reflect the living conditions of a given population and are important markers of a nation’s development, reducing them has become a priority in the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. Public policies must be formulated, implemented and monitored at national, state and local scales to improve the quality of life and meet the commitments agreed nationally and internationally. Objective: To identify the alignment of indicators and the results achieved in the goals for reducing maternal and child mortality of the Sustainable Development Plan and State Health Plan of the State of Rondônia with Agenda 2030. Methodology: This is a documentary and bibliographical research with critical analysis of indicators related to the reduction of maternal and child mortality in the 2030 Agenda and respective actions and goals achieved or not contemplated in the Sustainable Development Plan of Rondônia (2015-2030) and State Health Plans (2016-2019 and 2020-2021). It was verified the results achieved in reports of civil society and annual management. Results: It was found that the reduction of maternal and infant deaths are highlighted in the however the infant mortality contained in the plans considers only deaths in children under one year of age and there are incompleteness in the scopes selected for monitoring, as well as different verification indicators, making it difficult to analyze the goals agreed in the 2030 Agenda. Conclusions: The reports of the achieved results pointed setbacks to the achievement of the goals. Management and planning tools are essential to guide actions and establish priorities, but for there to be progress it is necessary coherence not only in agreed indicators and means of verification in order to corroborate for analysis and feedback of planning.

Keywords: maternal mortality; infant mortality; sustainable development objective; public policies; health planning.