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.
Community-based agents: Helping reduce mother to child transmission
ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL
....All these interventions emanated from the evidence from the Zambia Demographic and Health Survey, which shows that between 2002 and 2007 there was a more than 25 percent decline in under-five mortality rate, but the neonatal mortality rate has remained high, with 34 percent of the under- five deaths in Zambia occurring in this period....
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