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.

Nov 12, 2015
Better condom brands in market

IDDY MWEMA
DAILY NEWS (DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA)

"...According to the 2011/2012 Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria indicator survey men with higher social-economic wealth status are particularly at risk of contracting HIV and thus they decided together with other stakeholders to come up with these high quality condoms for the higher social-economic status men."

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