The DHS Program

Moussa Samba Diallo
LE REPUBLICAIN (Mali)

"...Les données de l’enquête démographique et de santé du Mali (EDSM-V), nous rappellent que : depuis l’âge de 15 ans, près de quatre femmes sur dix (38 %) ont subi des violences physiques, principalement exercées par des conjoints, partenaires ou parents proches ;

"plus d’une femme de 15-49 ans sur dix (13 %) ont déclaré avoir été victimes d’actes de violences sexuelles à n’importe quel moment de leur vie ; parmi les femmes qui ont déjà été en union, 44 % ont subi des violences physiques, sexuelles ou émotionnelles de la part de leur conjoint et un quart des femmes ont été physiquement blessées à la suite de violences conjugales..."

Geeta Pandey
BBC NEWS (Delhi, India)

"...According to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data, released by the Indian government recently, there are now 1,020 women for every 1,000 men..."

Gerry Shih
THE WASHINGTON POST (USA)

"...India’s most recent National Family Health Survey, which is conducted every five years by the Health Ministry, was released Wednesday and showed the total fertility rate (TFR) across India dropping to 2.0 in 2019-2021, compared with 2.2 in 2015-2016.

The proportion of women who used contraceptives rose from 54 to 67 percent, according to the national survey, while those who reported an unmet need for contraceptives fell. The proportion of teenage marriages has also decreased, according to the study, while there has been an improvement in the gender balance of newborns in a country with a deeply held preference for sons. For every 1,000 baby boys, there are now 929 baby girls, up from 919 girls five years ago..."

Oluseyi Awojulugbe
THE GUARDIAN (Lagos, Nigeria)

"...Despite being outlawed, the practice persists. The 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey estimated a 20% prevalence of FGM among women aged 15 to 49. The survey asked 26,705 women across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones whether they had gone through some form of genital mutilation or cutting...''

Nancy Agutu
THE STAR (Kenya)

"...According to the report, six per cent of children aged six months to 14 years tested positive for malaria by microscopy. Malaria disease prevalence reduced from eight per cent in 2015 to six per cent in 2020 due to sustained interventions, a report has indicated. ''Malaria prevalence generally increases with age, from one per cent among children aged 6-8 months to 8 per cent among children aged 10-14 years", the report said even as Kenya aims to end malaria in the next nine years. The report showed that Malaria prevalence is higher among rural children than urban children. This is seven per cent versus three per cent. "Malaria prevalence varies greatly by endemicity zone ranging from below one per cent in the low-risk zone to 19 per cent in Lake endemic zone," it added..."