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.

Dec 10, 2020
Boys who impregnate school girls to go on forced leave

Conan Businge
NEW VISION (Uganda)

"...According to the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (2016), 1 in 5 women in Uganda begins sexual activity before age 15, while 64% have sex before age 18; all of which are within the primary and secondary age brackets in Uganda. One in four adolescent women age 15-19 are already mothers or pregnant with their first child. Teenage childbearing is higher in rural areas (27%) than in urban areas (19%)..."

https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1534832/boys-impregnate-school-girls-forced-leave
Dec 10, 2020
Mortality rate reduction a must to meet Sustainable Development Goals: President

BUSINESS RECORDER (Islamabad, Pakistan)

"...The results of the Pakistan Maternal Mortality Survey (PMMS) were officially released during the national dissemination event. According to the survey, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is 186 deaths per 100,000 live births for the three-year period before the survey. Overall, 12 percent of deaths among ever-married women between the ages of 15-49 in the past three years are due to maternal causes. The majority (96 percent) of maternal deaths were direct maternal deaths, while four percent of deaths were indirect maternal deaths..."

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40039814
Dec 10, 2020
IT Systems Geared Up During COVID-19 To Help Future Uplift Of Health Sector: President Dr Arif Alvi

Muhammad Irfan
URDUPOINT/PAKISTAN POINT NEWS (Islamabad, Pakistan)

"...Addressing a webinar on Pakistan Maternal Mortality Survey, the president said the efficiency achieved in IT sector by Pakistan during the pandemic could otherwise have taken 10 years to reach the point..."

https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/it-systems-geared-up-during-covid-19-to-help-1110044.html
Dec 08, 2020
The Angbos: Ortom’s Mediation and Trivialisation of Violence Against Women

Michael Bamidele
THE GUARDIAN (Nigeria)

"...According to 2018 report of Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), more than half of Nigerian women (55%) who have experienced physical or sexual violence have never sought help to stop the violence..."

https://guardian.ng/life/the-angbos-ortoms-mediation-and-trivialisation-of-violence-against-women/
Dec 07, 2020
Three ways geospatial data can help Pakistan during COVID-19

Emcet O. Tas and Najaf Zahra
WORLD BANK BLOGS

"...Combined with statistical modeling and machine learning tools, satellite imagery and survey data can help identify potential hot spots and facilitate local responses. We recently collaborated with Fraym, a geospatial analysis firm, on a mapping exercise for Pakistan. The analysis combined geotagged household survey data (Demographic and Health Survey 2018) with satellite imagery to create localized population information at the level of one-square-kilometer..."

https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/three-ways-geospatial-data-can-help-pakistan-during-covid-19