Primary Health Care assessment in Amazonas based on the 2030 Agenda (UN)

Abstract

The high infant mortality rate in Amazonas has prompted us to evaluate the performance of Primary Health Care in Amazonas in terms of reducing mortality, in order to answer: Where do infant deaths occur in Amazonas? Do deaths always occur in healthcare establishments? Do infant deaths that occur outside of healthcare establishments happen in remote municipalities? In which municipalities in Amazonas are infant mortality cases high and in urgent need of health planning? This study aims to contribute to studies on evaluation and to broaden the discussion of public policies aimed at improving health services in this state. It is a quantitative exploratory descriptive approach study, the data were derived from the Ministry of Health website, tabulated, and imported into the Geographic Information System (GIS), for the spatialization of data and discussion of information in a geographical way. To interpret the data, death rates per 1,000 live births (high, medium, and low) were used, using the calculation-rate base of the World Health Organization (WHO). It is concluded that there is a need for planning primary health care actions focused on the reality of these territories.