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.

Feb 06, 2012
Ghana: HIV infection to move up by 2015

Laud Nartey
PUBLIC AGENDA (Accra, Ghana)

....According to Ghana AIDS Commission's National HIV & AIDS strategic plan, the key determinants of the spread of HIV in the country are revealed in studies such as the Ghana Demographic Health Survey of 2008, Modes of Transmission Study (2009) and the HIV Epidemic Analysis of 2010....

http://allafrica.com/stories/201202062292.html
Feb 06, 2012
Changing tide in the fight against FGM

Sophia Abdi Noor
THE STAR (Kenya)
Opinion

....In Kenya, the Demographic and Health Survey, conducted in 2008/09 by the government shows that 27 per cent of women between the ages of 15 and 49 have undergone FGC....


http://www.the-star.co.ke/opinions/others/61261-changing-tide-in-the-fight-against-fgm
Jan 23, 2012
New diarrhoea vaccine unveiled for babies

 TIMES OF ZAMBIA

....Dr Katema said only 41 per cent of the households had access to improved sources of water and 39 per cent used pit latrines that were open according to the Zambia demographic and health survey of 2007....


http://www.times.co.zm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4409%3Anew-diarrhoea-vaccine-unveiled-for-babies&catid=36%3Alocal-news&Itemid=27
Jan 04, 2012
Tobacco to kill one billion people

Henry Zakumumpa
THE INDEPENDENT (Uganda)
Comment

....Almost a quarter of Ugandan males (22%) aged between 15 and 49% are smokers while 4% of females are smokers, according to the 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey....

http://www.independent.co.ug/column/comment/5068-tobacco-to-kill-one-billion-people
Nov 27, 2011
In Kenya new life at an old hospital

 Jayme Poisson
THE STAR (Kenya)

....A recent Kenya Demographic Health survey found only two out of five births were attended by a skilled health-care worker. For the poorest fifth of the population, a trained attendant was present just 21 per cent of the time....

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1092041