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.

Jun 13, 2012
Our population time bomb

Zubeida Mustafa
DAWN.COM (Pakistan)
Opinion

....Small wonder that according to the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey of 2007 (the last reliable data available) of the total of 5.1 million modern contraceptive users only 1.7 million use condoms and the number of male sterilisation is too low to merit a mention in the statistical data released....

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