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.

Sep 17, 2012
UNFPA calls for increase in condom supply

Evaline Namuwaya
The New Times (Rwanda)

...according to the [Rwanda] Demographic Health Survey 2010, 79 per cent of women and 66 per cent of men know that the risk of getting HIV can be reduced by using condoms and limiting sex to one uninfected partner. He added, however, the same survey revealed disturbing results because it indicated that among unmarried women and men aged 15-24 who had sex in the past 12 months, "42 percent of women used a condom while 66 percent of men used a condom in the same period...

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