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 23, 2012
Government pledges to control Tuberculosis

GHANA WEB

....The NTP and its NGO's partners he said would continue to focus and target women from Central, Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Upper West Regions whose correct knowledge on TB was particularly low as indicated by Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, 2008....

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