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.

Apr 16, 2012
Fight against malnutrition to begin early on

THE HIMALAYAN (Nepal)

KATHMANDU: The Health Ministry is focusing on first 1000 days – 280 days in mother's womb and the succeeding 730 days following the birth of a child – to improve the status of malnutrition.

The initiative comes in the wake of findings of the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS)-2011 that showed a nominal change in malnutrition status.

Dr Shyam Raj Upreti, director of the Child Health Division (CHD) under the ministry, said the government was focusing on the nutrition programme of a mother and a child from the embryonic stage...

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