The DHS Program

THE HIMALAYAN TIMES
Kathmandu, Nepal

"...World Pneumonia Day is marked on November 12 every year to raise awareness on pneumonia as a public health issue and prevent the millions of avoidable child deaths from pneumonia that occur each year. According to Nepal Demographic Health Survey (NDHS)-2011, five per cent of children under-five years of age exhibited symptoms of acute respiratory infections (ARI)..."

IRIN PlusNews
Kampala, Uganda

...Convincing men in a largely non-circumcising country to accept the procedure will be an uphill battle for the ministry; according to Uganda's 2011 AIDS Indicator Survey, about 50 percent of men are unwilling to undergo the procedure...

Robert Tapfumaneyi
HAZ HIV/AIDS ZIMBABWE CHARITY

"According to the 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS), there has been a slight decrease in Zimbabwe’s HIV prevalence since 2005-06. 15% of Zimbabwean adults are HIV-positive compared with 18 % in the 2005-06..."

Sean Peoples
NEW SECURITY BEAT, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE & SECURITY PROGRAM

"...Tanzania’s overall total fertility rate (TFR) is 5.4 children per woman, but varies widely between the urban and rural areas as well as the eastern and western parts of the country. In the east, where we visited, the TFR totals 3.9. The UN’s medium variant population projection, which takes into account a gradual fertility decline, puts Tanzania at seven times its current size by 2100..."

Melina Platas Izama
THE INDEPENDENT (Uganda)

...The results of the most recent round of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), which have been instrumental in documenting these trends, have just been released for Uganda. Conducted across the country in more than ten thousand households, the DHS has been conducted in 1988, 1995, 2000, 2006 and 2011. While there are a number of improvements to report, the story of child survival, particularly in the last decade, stands out. It is perhaps the greatest achievement of the new millennium in Uganda...