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.

Jul 12, 2012
PopCom campaigns health for all

Angie B. Antonio
PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY (Philippines)

The result of the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey mentioned that unmet need for family planning is the highest among the poor (28 percent) and less educated (29 percent) compared to country’s average (22 percent). The poor exhibited the lowest contraceptive use (26 percent).

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1701342062719
Jul 11, 2012
Obamas fantastic boring idea

 Nicholas D. Kristof
THE NEW YORK TIMES
OP-ED

...47 percent of children under 5 years old in Malawi are stunted from malnutrition...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/opinion/kristof-obamas-fantastic-boring-idea.html?_r=1&smid=tw-share
Jul 11, 2012
Nepal marks world population day

 Xinhua-ANI (Nepal)

...In family planning, the rate of using modern contraceptives, according to the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2011, is only 43.2 percent, one percent decrease from 2006...


http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/07/11/225-Nepal-marks-World-Population-Day-.html
Jul 11, 2012
Kenya marks progress on birth rate management

Gabe Joselow
VOICE OF AMERICA

...According to the latest demographic and health survey, both men and women desire to have four children on the average, but they are actually having five children...

http://www.voanews.com/content/kenya_marks_progress_managing_national_fertility_rate/1382635.html
Jul 10, 2012
Federal government spends N480M on family planning

Vincent Ehiabhi
DAILY TIMES (Nigeria)

...the 2008 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey revealed that 23 per cent of women in Nigeria, aged between 15 to 19 years, were already mothers or were pregnant with their first child...

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/fg-spends-n480m-family-planning