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The Kangaroo Method (KM) is based on skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn (NB), being an individual intervention with a multidisciplinary approach. The health team guides and supervises this care strategy, which generates benefits for mothers/fathers and babies, especially premature babies. The study aimed to present the role of the health team in the care of the newborn by the KM. A bibliographical review was carried out, using articles in Portuguese, English and Spanish, in the years (2017-2022), available in the SCIELO, LILACS and BVS databases, obtained from the descriptors: kangaroo method (AND) team Health (AND) Benefits of MC. Of the 93 publications found, 10 met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and made up the final sample. 70% (7) of the publications addressed the subject from the nursing team, 40% (4) were published in 2021 and 70% (7) were in Portuguese. It was concluded that the health professional, especially the nursing professional, must be committed to providing quality and humanized care to the premature NB, as well as to the mother and family. KM is a humanized care strategy that brings benefits to the NB and family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maternal death is considered an avoidable condition, the occurrence of which means negligence of women's human rights and lack of attention to sexual and reproductive health. In this sense, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is a global health indicator, which reflects the conditions of access and quality of care provided to women in Brazil. The study aimed to know and analyze the MMR in Brazil (2012 to 2021). Data from the public domain were used, referring to maternal deaths (ICD-10: 088 to 092) and live births (LB), available at DATASUS. In the investigated period, 20,046 maternal deaths and 28,789,402 LB were registered. The MMR in Brazil ranged from 56.7 to 127.3, with emphasis on the North (85.7) and Northeast (78.7). Women aged ≥ 40 years (202.7), with < 8 years of education (116.3), widows (741.0), black (139.7) and indigenous (117.6) had the highest MMR. There was a high increase in the MMR due to indirect obstetric causes (72.4) in the year 2021. It was concluded that the MMR in Brazil increased, appearing far from the assumed goals. Maternal death affects vulnerable women, which requires measures to improve health policies, especially those developed in Primary Health Care (PHC). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]