DHS in the News
Journalists worldwide write about The DHS Program results. The dissemination of DHS, SPA and HIV data is often widely covered by media in survey countries, but journalists also use The DHS Program data throughout the year as background information for their stories, or to compare health and development indicators across countries. These data are also used by journalists in the United States and other developed countries, as it is considered the gold standard of population, health and nutrition data. Below are some examples of recent news coverage. Please note: The links below are to websites outside The DHS Program.
50 female BECE graduates get scholarships
DAILY GRAPHIC, GOVERNMENT OF GHANA PORTAL
...The 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey revealed that 65 per cent of women in the Northern Region have no form of formal education and 74 per cent of women had never attended school and those who had attended only primary and junior high school cannot read at all...
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