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.
About 9000 pregnant Ghanaian women projected to die by 2020
Lawrence Quartey
THE AFRICA REPORT (Ghana)
...Statistics from the Ghana Demographic Health Survey (GDHS) show that prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women shot up from 65 per cent to 70 per cent between the period of 2003 and 2008. Eight in every 10 children under the age of five years are also anaemic, a slight increase from the about seven in 10 children, in year 2003...
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