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.
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Feb 05, 2016
Female Genital Mutilation Among Egyptian Teenage Girls Drops By 27 Percent "...While FGM appears to have declined among younger Egyptian women, potentially indicating a rising trend against the practice, statistics from 2004-2015 indicate that 87 percent of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years in Egypt have undergone FGM..." |
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Feb 03, 2016
How Emotional Neglect is Turning Too Many Of Pakistan's Boys Into Criminals BUZZFEED INDIA (Mumbai, India) "...According to the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2012-2013, only 16% of men have completed more than secondary level of education..." |
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Jan 29, 2016
Kunene - where food is a luxury THE NAMIBIAN (Windhoek, Namibia) "...A 2013 Demographic and Health Survey compiled by the Ministry of Health and Social Services and Namibia Statistics Agency says 24% of children under five years are stunted..." |
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Jan 28, 2016
Women's Empowerment Will Accelerate Kenya's Economic Prosperity THE WORLD POST "...The magnitude of the challenges Kenya faces was brought home through some sombre statistics in the just-released 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS). One emerging trend is the increasing role of women as stewards in Kenyan families, with one out of every three households in Kenya being headed by a woman. This might not be of much concern were it not for another statistic from the KDHS: half of Kenyan women only have primary school education, meaning that their potential for participating in socio-economic processes is hampered, and their families are on the whole fated to the lower rungs of demographics..." |
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Jan 25, 2016
Sex Won't Make You Dance Better; Sex In A Pool Won't Prevent Pregnancy NPR GOATS AND SODA (Washington, DC) "...According to the 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey, the rate of contraceptive use is lowest among women ages 15 to 19, and 15 percent of them have already given birth..." |