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For Miguel Oliveira da Silva, “family planning is not just for women”. Affection, education, and universal access to contraceptives should be a priority for young people and immigrants.
The list includes the Local Health Units of the Setúbal Peninsula, Amadora-Sintra, and the Algarve. The project is being implemented in areas with the greatest shortage of family doctors.
Twelve Local Health Units (ULS) are joining a project for low-risk pregnancy monitoring conducted by Specialist Nurses in Maternal and Obstetric Health Nursing (EEESMO), according to an order published this Monday, March 16. The project aims to ensure care for pregnant women without a family doctor in areas with low coverage of General and Family Medicine. The initiative also establishes a monitoring committee and mandates that if a General Practitioner is unavailable, these specialist nurses must provide the necessary consultations to ensure timely care during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Parishes in Paredes long for the expansion of the Arreigada wastewater treatment plant in Paços de Ferreira to resolve the chronic pollution of the Ferreira River.
António José Seguro replaces Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who held the position of President of the Portuguese Republic for the last ten years. The socialist is considered a moderate. It is not yet known if the new president will have as close a relationship with Brazil as his predecessor, who made nine official trips to the country, but he is expected to maintain the fraternal relationship between the two nations. Watch the full commentary in the video. Radar DN Brasil airs every Friday at 8 am on the DN Brasil YouTube and Spotify channels, with a weekly summary and everything that interests Brazilians in Portugal. Click here and follow the DN Brasil channel on WhatsApp! DN Brasil is a section of Diário de Notícias dedicated to the Brazilian community living or planning to live in Portugal. The texts are written in Brazilian Portuguese. Watch this Friday's, March 13th, Radar DN Brasil. A Fiocruz researcher explains the alert regarding the risk of chikungunya outbreaks in Portugal and southern Europe.
In February there were 10,094 deaths, 3,543 fewer than in the previous month and 100 fewer than in February 2025.
The DGAV highlighted that situations of accumulated water and humidity can favour the proliferation of vector insects.
Catarina Guerreiro, executive editor of CNN Portugal, explains what changes from now on for people in five Local Health Units (ULS) in Lisbon and Tagus Valley regarding obstetrics emergency services.
A new gynaecology and obstetrics referral network is being implemented in Portugal, centralising patient flow to Loures while highlighting critical staffing shortages across multiple regional hospitals.
According to the DGS, Portugal recorded increases in 2024 in deaths of fetuses over 22 weeks of gestation and in deaths of live-born children who died under the age of one.
A DGS report covering 2020-2024 reveals a clear pattern: the later the pregnancy, the higher the risk. Circulatory diseases dominate the indirect causes of death.
A new report from the Directorate-General of Health (Direção-Geral da Saúde or DGS) shows an increase in fetal and infant mortality rates across Portugal in 2024. The fetal mortality rate rose to 4.1 per 1,000 births, while infant mortality reached 3.0 per 1,000 live births. Parents and expectant families should note that the DGS is calling for strengthened prevention strategies to address these complex social and health trends.
Update: Maternal age linked to increased risk in new report
New data from the DGS reveals that more than half of maternal deaths recorded between 2020 and 2024 occurred in women aged 35 or older. The report confirms that 61.8% of these deaths involved pregnancies considered to be at higher risk due to age. Expectant mothers over 35 should be aware that health authorities are emphasizing the need for closer monitoring during and after pregnancy.
The Directorate-General for Health (Direção-Geral da Saúde) is Portugal’s national public health authority that issues guidance on disease control, health alerts and safety of food and water. After Storm Kristin it advised boiling or using bottled water if contamination is suspected, discarding food exposed to floodwater and keeping good hygiene when cleaning affected areas, guidance that residents and recovery workers should follow.
The infant mortality rate was 2.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in the 2022-2024 triennium. During the same period, there were 55 maternal deaths. According to data released this Wednesday, March 11, by the Directorate-General of Health (DGS) in the 2022-2024 Fetal and Infant Mortality Report, fetal mortality stood at 4.0 deaths per 1,000 births. A DGS statement indicates a slight upward trend in fetal mortality in 2024. That year, infant mortality from preventable causes rose to 2.3 deaths per 1,000 live births, mainly due to perinatal conditions, congenital circulatory system anomalies, and pneumonia. The DGS notes that Portugal's rate of 2.8 deaths per 1,000 live births outperforms the EU average of 3.3. The maternal mortality ratio was 13.1 deaths per 100,000 live births. 61.8% of these deaths occurred in women aged 35 or older, highlighting age-related risks. The DGS emphasizes the need for integrated prevention strategies and anticipates improvements in 2025.
Throughout this morning, the latest edition of the event, organised by Sanofi and featuring Expresso as a media partner, brought together doctors, politicians, and health experts to discuss influenza and vaccination in Portugal.
The article reports that Portugal is experiencing an increase in fetal and infant mortality rates in 2024. Specific details on the causes or regional data are not provided in the excerpt. The rise in mortality rates highlights a concerning public health issue in the country.
One of the studies concludes that one in three adults and eight in 10 adolescents do not meet the activity guidelines recommended by the World Health Organization.
The promotion of physical exercise must be a “political priority” due to its health benefits and even its role in combating climate change, argue three studies which, however, point out flaws and constraints.
Growing demand. In 2019, 45,787 packages were sold; by 2025, more than half a million. Experts have called for subsidies for these drugs.
More than half of the adult population in Portugal is living with overweight or even obesity.
Fiscal measures could create a “positive stimulus” for diet and physical exercise, suggests the Recalibrate the Balance Platform, which calls for swift establishment of multidisciplinary obesity teams.
