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.

Dec 14, 2010
Peru nears goal of reducing child chronic malnutrition to thirty percent

ANDIDA (Peru)

...“According to the Demographic and Family Health Survey (Endes), child chronic malnutrition (DCI) in rural areas of the country contracted 30.9 percent as of the first half of 2010, with which Peru is about to accomplish its goal set at the beginning of the current administration,” Hidalgo stated...

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=uifu7Vn42Gk=
Dec 06, 2010
Kenya: Anti-FGM drive finally begins bearing fruit

Kevin Kelley
THE EAST AFRICAN (Kenya)

...Overall, 27 percent of Kenyan females ages 15 to 49 have undergone some form of the cut, the report says, citing data from the 2008-09 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey...

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/1066328/-/oln6osz/-/
Dec 06, 2010
Presidential Task Force to eradicate malnutrition in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO PAGE (Sri Lanka)

...Data from a Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) by Sri Lanka's health ministry have revealed that child malnutrition is more than 50 percent in some areas of the East and North, with the national average at a record 29 percent...

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10C/Dec06_1291651103KA.php
Nov 30, 2010
Kenya: 1.4 million living with HIV, but rate of infection down

Joy Wanja
DAILY NATION (Kenya)

...The 2008 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey indicates that 81,000 mothers are in need of prevention of mother-to-child transmission programmes...

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/1m%20living%20with%20HIV%20but%20rate%20of%20infection%20down%20/-/1056/1063420/-/qunm07z/-
Nov 30, 2010
Kenya: Taking the HIV test is a personal decision to achieving target of zero new infections

Prime Minister Raila Odinga
Opinion
DAILY NATION (Kenya)

...It is also bad because women, traditionally marginalised, are disproportionately affected by HIV/Aids. In 2008/9, prevalence among women was at 8 percent, compared to men’s 4.3 percent...

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1063102/-/nuu5odz/-/index.html