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.
Oct 10, 2015
Government spending for family planning drops JUDD-LEONARD OKAFOR "...And contraceptive use has hovered at 10% for the past 10 years with marked differences in rural and urban areas as well as by region. While only 25% of married women in the south west currently use modern methods to plan their families, in the north east, only 3% of women do, according to figures from the National Demographic Health Survey..." http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/govt-spending-for-family-planning-drops/114361.html |
Oct 08, 2015
Childhood malnutrition still remains a problem in the Gambia CHERNO OMAR BOBB "...She said the Demographic and Health Survey (2013)
has revealed that stunting - being too short for age - affects 25 per
cent of children under five in the country, while wasting - being too
thin for height - affects 12 per cent of the under-five population..." |
Oct 01, 2015
The Dream MARYALICE YAKUTCHIK |
Sep 30, 2015
Gambia demographic health survey 2013 report launched THE POINT (BANJUL, THE GAMBIA) "In his launching statement on behalf of the Minister of Finance, the Health Minister, Omar Sey, said the 2013 Gambia Demographic and Health Survey (GHDS) was conducted by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the National Population Commission Secretariat. This was the first demographic and health survey conducted in The Gambia under the Worldwide Programme, a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), he said..." |
Sep 22, 2015
Saving the children THE DATA TEAM "WORLD leaders
are currently gathered in New York for the annual meeting of the United
Nation's General Assembly. One of the foremost items on the agenda will
be the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the successors to the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of global targets ending in
2015. One of the main MDGs was to reduce the global mortality rate of
children under five-years-old by two-thirds from its 1990 level of 91
deaths per 1,000 live births, to 30 in 2015. The subsequent SDG is to
reduce this still further, to 25 deaths by 2030..." |