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.
India lowers HIV estimate part of wider trend
Brenda Wilson
NPR
July 6, 2007
...Pav Govindasamy, who coordinated Ethiopia's demographic health survey, says there was a built in bias in the data because few women in the country use the clinics...
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