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Infant Mortality Rate in Brazil Has Gone up for The First Time Since 1990
07/16/2018 - 12H28
CLÁUDIA COLLUCCI
MARINA MERLO
SÃO PAULO
The infant mortality rate in Brazil, which consistently went down since 1990, started going up in 2016. It is believed that the rate for 2017 will also be higher than the 2015 rate.
Both the Zika epidemic and the country's economic recession have been highlighted by the Ministry of Health as causes for the rising infant mortality rate.
The Zika epidemic didn't just lead to a decrease in terms of the number of births (which has an impact on the calculation of the infant mortality rate), it also led to an increase in infant deaths due to severe malformations.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/07/1975875-infant-mortality-rate-in-brazil-has-gone-up-for-the-first-time-since-1990.shtml