The DHS Program

VIBE GHANA

....Ms Numetu noted that the current nationwide coverage of measles was 79 per cent, according to the Ghana's Demographic and Health Survey Result....

Joy Wanja Muraya
DAILY NATION (Kenya)


I was born in a hospital, and I should consider myself lucky because only two out of five of my peers were born in a health facility.

The rest came to this world under the canopy of a tree or via the trembling hands of a traditional birth attendant.

I remain worried though, because only five per cent of health facilities in this country can perform a Cesarean section...

Marie-Brigitte Kabalira
THE RWANDA FOCUS

....The number of women dying while giving birth has been great­ly reduced in Rwanda, mostly thanks to the increased number of women giving birth in a health-care facility attended by a qualified health care professional. Accord­ing to a report by the ministry of health, there has been an increase in the proportion of such births, with 69% of mothers being cared for by a skilled health-care worker during delivery in 2010, compared to 31% in 2000.....

DAILY NEWS (Tanzania)
Editorial

....Reinforcement of the campaign follows a recent report published by the Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey, which shows that Kagera has high malaria incidence, between 40-45 per cent, when compared with other regions like Lindi, Mtwara and Mwanza whose average ranges between 31 and 34 percent....

Allegra Panetto
THE HUFFINGTON POST

....Access to any form of electricity in a village in Malawi is rare. In fact, according to the latest Demographic Health Survey done in 2010, 4 percent of rural households in Malawi have electricity....