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.

Nov 03, 2012
Why the modern Kenyan woman is willing to be wife number two

Kenfrey Kiberenge
DAILY NATION (Kenya)

Although the majority of Kenyans claim to be monogamous, statistics show that 13 of every 100 married Kenyan women have co-wives. This means they are married to men who have at least one or more wives, according to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2008/2009...

http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Why+Im+happy+to+be+wife+number+2/-/1214/1610370/-/item/0/-/16teve/-/index.html
Nov 01, 2012
Uganda makes progress on maternal health but serious challenges remain

Willy Mutenza
THE PROMOTA AFRICA

KAMPALA. Uganda's latest Demographic and Health Survey 2011 shows good news; maternal health indicators are improving. A many as 95% of Ugandan women now receive antenatal care from a skilled provider at least once, 57% deliver babies in a health facility under the supervision of a skilled provider. Furthermore, 33% of the mothers received a postnatal check-up within two days of birth...

http://www.thepromota.co.uk/uganda-makes-progress-on-maternal-health-but-serious-challenges-remain/
Oct 26, 2012
The fear of testing for HIV still exists

James Kityo (Uganda)
KEY CORRESPONDENTS TEAM

...The Uganda Demographic Health Survey 2011 indicates that there is a bigger percentage of women and men age 15-49 who believe that a woman is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows that he has sexual intercourse with other women, and a higher percentage also believe that a woman is justified in asking that they use a condom if she knows that her husband has a sexually transmitted infection...

http://www.keycorrespondents.org/2012/10/23/the-fear-of-testing-for-hiv-still-exists/
Oct 12, 2012
United Nations urges Ethiopia to eliminate child marriage

NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The United Nations and the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs (MoWCYA) call upon everyone to join hands with them to eliminate child marriage in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has one of the highest child marriage prevalence rates in the world. According to the 2011 Demographic and Health Survey, sixty-three per cent of women are married by age 18...

http://newbusinessethiopia.com/index.php?view=article&catid=21%3Aculture&id=788%3Aunited-nations-urges-ethiopia-to-eliminate-child-marriage-&format=pdf&option=com_content&Itemid=15
Oct 01, 2012
World Inequality Database on Education

 UNESCO
Education For All Global Monitoring Report

The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) brings together data from Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys from over sixty countries to enable users to compare education attainment between countries, and between groups within countries, according to factors that are associated with inequality, including wealth, gender, ethnicity and location. Users can create maps, charts, infographics and tables from the data, and download, print or share them online.

http://www.education-inequalities.org/