Pinho Neto, Valdemar
Machado, Cecilia
Lima, Felipe
Roman, Soraya
Dutra, Gilson
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-027961)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (445830/2020-4)
Article History
Received: 2 November 2023
Accepted: 2 December 2024
First Online: 18 December 2024
Declarations
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: We used data from open sources. The Ministry of Health of Brazil is committed to respecting ethical precepts and ensuring data privacy and security. We have confirmed that the birth-distance dataset’s fields match the publicly available Brazilian Information System of Live Births database, respecting privacy and security principles. Brazilian legislation exempts public and anonymized secondary data from ethical approval.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.