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La pobreza en Brasil: una emergencia de salud pública
Maurício Fonseca Ribeiro Carvalho de Moraes1, Rui Nunes1, Ivone Duarte1
1Center of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 28, 2025
Resumen
La pobreza menstrual, la falta de acceso a productos menstruales y educación, afecta a mujeres y niñas en todo el mundo. Abordar esto requiere enfoques integrados para garantizar la salud y la dignidad menstruales para todos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud pública
- Los derechos humanos
- Ciencias sociales
Sus antecedentes:
- La pobreza menstrual es un problema global complejo que se cruza con la salud, la educación y los derechos humanos.
- La menstruación sigue siendo estigmatizada, lo que lleva a la desinformación y la falta de acceso a recursos esenciales como productos de higiene y saneamiento seguro.
- Esta vulnerabilidad afecta desproporcionadamente a las mujeres y las niñas en todo el mundo.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Examinar la pobreza menstrual en Brasil como una violación de los derechos humanos a la salud, la educación y la dignidad.
- Resaltar la necesidad de enfoques multisectoriales para combatir el estigma y la desigualdad menstrual.
- Proponer un plan de acción alineado con la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
Principales métodos:
- Esta revisión sintetiza la literatura y los marcos de políticas existentes relacionados con la pobreza durante el período.
- Analiza la naturaleza interseccional de los desafíos de salud menstrual.
- El estudio se basa en ejemplos de intervenciones exitosas y en recomendaciones políticas.
Principales resultados:
- La pobreza menstrual es un obstáculo importante para la educación y la salud, perpetuando ciclos de desigualdad.
- Las estrategias integradas que involucran al gobierno, la sociedad y el sector privado son cruciales para soluciones efectivas.
- Las intervenciones clave incluyen educación accesible sobre salud menstrual, reducción de impuestos sobre productos de higiene, mejoras en el saneamiento y provisión de productos gratuitos.
Conclusiones:
- La eliminación de la pobreza en el período requiere una acción integral y multisectorial para desmantelar el estigma y garantizar el acceso equitativo a los recursos.
- La lucha contra la pobreza durante la pubertad es esencial para alcanzar los objetivos de la Agenda 2030 de reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad.
- Promover la salud y la dignidad menstrual es un imperativo fundamental de los derechos humanos.
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