The DHS Program

Funmi Ogundare
THISDAY (Lagos, Nigeria)

"...According to a Demographic and Health Survey 2013 report in Nigeria, an estimated 23 per cent of women aged 15 to 19 years have begun child bearing, of which 17 per cent have had their first child and five per cent are pregnant with their first child. Also, 32 per cent of teenagers in rural areas have begun child bearing as opposed to 10 per cent in the urban areas of Nigeria. The report shows the disparities within the geopolitical zones as follows: north-west (36 per cent), north-east (32 per cent), north-central (19 per cent), south-central (12 per cent), south-east (8 per cent) and south-west (8 per cent)..."

UNICEF (New York, USA)

"...Some of the most standardized data come from facility assessments supported by global programmes, such as the WHO-supported Service Availability and Readiness Assessments (SARA) or the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported Service Provision Assessments (SPA). Both the SARA and SPA surveys typically ask about the availability of different infection prevention and control items, including hand hygiene facilities, in different locations of the health care facility (Table). Usually, the items can be recorded as ‘observed’, ‘reported but not seen’ or ‘not available’..."

Bingo P. Dejaresco
THE NEGROS CHRONICLE (Dumaguete, Philippines)

"...But as early as 2017, women aged 17-49 (one out of four) were already physically, emotionally or sexually abused by their partners, according to the Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey..."

DAWN (Islamabad, Pakistan)

"While the federal and provincial governments want to reduce the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to 70 deaths per 100,000 live births by 2030, it currently stands at 186 deaths per 100,000 births, according to a survey launched on Thursday. Overall, 12 per cent of the deaths among ever-married women between the ages of 15 and 49 years in the past three years were due to maternal causes, says the survey report..."

Lolita Bunde
THE STANDARD: EVE (Nairobi, Kenya)

"...According to a section of the KDHS 2014 report, 45 percent of women and 44 percent of men age 15-49 have experienced physical violence since age 15. For women the main perpetrators of physical violence were their husbands while for men it ranged from parents, teachers to guardians among others..."