Given the serious pandemic situation of the new coronavirus that Brazil and the world face, the Santos Dumont Institute (ISD), a Social Organization financed by the Ministry of Education (MEC), publishes a series of publications for guidance in cases of suspected and confirmed disease in one of your priority audiences: Pregnant women.

The content was divided into 3 illustrations and presents answers to the 10 questions identified as the most common about pregnancy and breastfeeding in the context of Covid-19, a proposed flowchart for outpatient care of cases and a checklist for health professionals in the hospitalization area.

The texts are based on patient reports and a series of studies carried out in a collaborative effort by infectious disease specialists, obstetricians and professionals in the areas of nursing and physiotherapy working at the ISD, the State Secretariat for Public Health (Sesap-RN) and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

The management proposal considers experiences with other respiratory viruses, since Covid-19 is a recently emerged disease and the scientific community does not yet have robust data to make definitive statements or adopt specific protocols based on scientific evidence.

The content publishing strategy is part of ISD's concentrated efforts to meet the demands of maternal and child health care services in Rio Grande do Norte, including reference maternity hospitals, in relation to combating Covid-19. 

*The complete list of references consulted in the study, for the preparation of the material, can be accessed HERE.