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.

Aug 11, 2012
In poor countries lower fertility is usually good for growth but it can also increase inequality

THE ECONOMIST

...The authors use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), which contain a lot of detail about family structure and household assets. DHS data from 60 developing countries enable them to divide households into five income groups and to show that in every continent, the "youth-dependency ratio" (the number of children under 15 compared with the working-age population) is lowest in the richest group, next lowest in the next-richest group and so on...

http://www.economist.com/node/21560247
Aug 09, 2012
Can working mothers breastfeed exclusively
Agnes Kyotalengerire
NEW VISION (Uganda)

...According to the 2011 Uganda Demographic Health Survey report, 62% of children born in the country are exclusively breastfed (for the first six months)... http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633941-Can-working-mothers-breastfeed-exclusively-.html
Aug 09, 2012
Culture of silence hinders reporting of violence

Elly Burhaini Faizal
THE JAKARTA POST (Jakarta, Indonesia)

...The Philippines' 9th National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) in 2008, which for the first time included a women's safety module (WSM), did not use words such as 'abuse' or 'violence', Viernes said...

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/08/09/culture-silence-hinders-reporting-violence.html
Aug 09, 2012
UNICEF gives to LISGIS

THE INQUIRER (Liberia)

...The Liberia DHS 2012-13 will contribute to addressing this general lack of data on important socio-economic indicators such as health, nutrition, protection, WASH and HIV and AIDS...

http://theinquirer.com.lr/content1.php?main=news&news_id=874
Aug 09, 2012
Newborn death risk increases with maternal obesity in sub Saharan Africa

 THE LANCET

...The new analysis is based on data from The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 27 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The researchers analysed over 81 000 pregnancies involving deliveries of single babies between 2003 and 2009 to assess the risk of neonatal death by a mother's body mass index (BMI)...

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120809/Newborn-death-risk-increases-with-maternal-obesity-in-sub-Saharan-Africa.aspx