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.

Mar 1, 2017
Child sex ratio better Punjab and Haryana power change

Aditi Tandon
THE TRIBUNE INDIA (New Delhi, India)

"The latest round of the National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16) reveals that there were 919 girls aged between 0 and six years per 1,000 boys, against only 914 in 2005-06, the last survey period..."

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