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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Nov 16, 2012
In Ethiopia a community protects girls from harmful practices including child marriage Wossen Mulatu "...In Ethiopia, child marriage is one of the harmful traditional practices that affect girls' lives, choices and opportunities. According to the 2011 Demographic Health Survey, 63% of women are married by age 18..." http://www.unicefusa.org/news/news-from-the-field/in-ethiopia-a-community-protects-girls.html |
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Nov 14, 2012
UNFPA State of World Population 2012 UNFPA "The State of World Population 2012 explains why family planning is a right, examines the challenges in ensuring that all women, men and young people are able to exercise that right and suggests actions that governments and international organizations can take to give everyone the power and the means to decide freely and responsibly how many children to have and when to have them." http://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/swp/2012/EN-SWP2012_Report.pdf |
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Nov 13, 2012
Costly lifestyle diseases uphill problem bdnews24.com
"...One in nine people aged 35 and above was found diabetic in the preliminary results of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2011. One in three women and one in five men of the same age group was found to have high blood pressure. The national representative study, done for the first time in Bangladesh, also found one in six women and one in 10 men overweight which is also linked with diabetes and hypertension..." http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=236251&cid=13 |
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Nov 13, 2012
Who is still having unprotected sex in this day and age Sunny Ntayombya "...HIV infection at 51 percent among sex workers, an article in The New Times stated. This statistic, put forward by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre, is extremely scary especially when compared to the countrywide HIV rate of three percent, according to the 2010 Demographic Health Survey. Someone is obviously infecting and getting infected by these sex workers. So, two questions must be asked; why are sex workers risking their lives by discarding condom use and why are the clients choosing to risk their lives just so they can go in 'live'?" http://allafrica.com/stories/201211140023.html |
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Nov 13, 2012
Diarrhea no longer major cause of under five deaths bdnews24.com |