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.
Mar 30, 2015
Malawi malaria prevalence drops to 33 percent StarAfrica (PARIS, FRANCE) "The 2014 Malaria Indicator Survey conducted by the National Malaria Control Program in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has suggested a slight decline of the disease's prevalence rate from 43 to 33% in the country. Speaking during the report findings dissemination meeting in the capital Lilongwe on Monday, Secretary for Health, Charles Mwansambo said the decline has been achieved because of different interventions which the government and its partners put in place to reduce the burden to malaria among people..." http://en.starafrica.com/news/malawi-malaria-prevalence-drops-to-33-percent-survey.html |
Mar 27, 2015
Sierra Leone let pregnant girls take exams AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (London, UK) |
Mar 19, 2015
Water sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities WHO and UNICEF (Geneva, Switzerland) "This report presents, for the first time, a global assessment of the extent to which health care facilities provide essential water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Drawing on data representing 66,101 facilities in 54 low- and middle-income countries, the report concludes that 38% of facilities lack access even to rudimentary levels of WASH. When a higher level of service is factored in, the situation deteriorates significantly. Large disparities exist within countries and among types of facilities..." http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/154588/1/9789241508476_eng.pdf?ua=1 |
Mar 17, 2015
How to end female genital mutilation in Egypt Lucy Westcott |
Feb 26, 2015
US push for abstinence in Africa is seen as failure against HIV Donald G. McNeil Jr. THE NEW YORK TIMES (New York) "...Originally called the World Fertility Surveys, they were begun in the 1970s. They were later subsumed into the large Demographic and Health Surveys, now paid for by the United States Agency for International Development, that document health behaviors in dozens of countries. Spending on abstinence and fidelity peaked in 2005 and began to drop after the Obama administration took office in 2009..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/health/american-hiv-battle-in-africa-said-to-falter.html?mwrsm=Email&_r=0
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