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.
Bangladesh: In search of a common denominator
T.J.
ASIAN BANYAN BLOG
THE ECONOMIST
...To account for the decade-long stagnation in the rate of fertility decline, in 2004 the UNFPA raised its 2050 population estimate by 25 million to 243 million. Bangladesh's most recent Demographic and Health Survey calls this "unduly pessimistic" (the government puts its estimate of the 2050 population at 218 million). Indeed, many demographers shared the government's criticism and believe that the UN's projection (243 million in 2050) was simply too high because it chose to project from 1991 census data instead of the latest data, from 2001...
http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/03/bangladeshs_census