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.
Malnutrition: Jharkhand’s silent crisis and the heartbreaking tales behind the statistics
Saksham Agrawal
THE PROBE (India)
"...using the data from the National Family Health Survey 5 (NFHS 5): "36 percent of children are stunted and this is according to the government figures which means that every third child in the country is suffering from stunting…"
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