The DHS Program

Leulseged Worku
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD

ADDIS ABABA- Officially launching the third Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) Thursday, the Central Statistical Agency said child death rate under five has dramatically declined over the last ten or so years. Currently, about one in 11 children die before reaching the age of five in Ethiopia.

According to the report, by the year 2000, child mortality under five was 166 per 1,000 live births. However, this figure has further declined to 123 and 88 by the year 2005 and 2011respectively.

 BDNEWS24 (Bangladesh)

....With the scarcity of potable water and lack of hygiene practices, diarrhoea is quite common in Bangladesh around this time of the year. The latest Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) found 10 percent of all under-5 children had diarrhoea during the survey proceedings....

David Njagi
ALL AFRICA

....Kenya has a high rate of maternal mortality - about 500 deaths per 100,000 live births. Some one million babies are born in the country every year, and 46 percent of them are born in homes that cannot afford food, healthcare and education, according to official statistics. The 2008-2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey said TBA-assisted deliveries accounted for 28 percent of all births in the country. They are far cheaper than those in hospitals....

Utpal Parashar
HINDUSTAN TIMES (Nepal)

For a country starved of good news, the recent findings of the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011 brought some cheer to policymakers and common Nepalis. Despite problems, the country had improved on almost all health indicators....

Bonnie Allen
PRI's The World

....The 2007 Liberia Demographic and Health Survey, the most recent statistics, showed the prevalence of circumcision among Liberian women ages 15 to 49 is about 58 percent. The procedure is usually practiced by 10 of Liberia's 16 tribes, and is reportedly intended to reduce sexual pleasure and, consequently, the likelihood that a woman will be promiscuous....