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.

Aug 06, 2009
Philippines: DOH urges moms to breastfeed their babies

Sheila Crisostomo
THE PHILIPPINE STAR (Philippines)

...The Department of Health (DOH) will beef up its campaign for breastfeeding amid the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) that only 50 percent of Filipino mothers are exclusively breastfeeding their newborns...

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=493519&publicationSubCategoryId=207
Jul 31, 2009
Breastfeeding is a grey area for Ugandan mothers

Lydia Namubiru
NEW VISION (Uganda)

Breastfeeding is nearly universal in Uganda. As established by the 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey, 98% of the babies born benefit from breastfeeding at some time...

http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/689814
Jul 17, 2009
Uganda: Women press for domestic violence bill

Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
INTER PRESS SERVICE (IPS)

...Sixty-eight percent of women in Uganda have experienced some form of domestic violence according to the country's 2006 National Demographic and Health Survey. In Uganda, these women - and those worst affected are disproportionately poor, poorly-educated and disadvantaged - are unable to rely on the state to protect them from harm from intimate partners. There is neither a law nor a legal definition of domestic violence...

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47709
Sep 30, 2008
Rwanda: Meeting the Millennium Development Goals

MAIL & GUARDIAN ONLINE (South Africa)

...The 2005 Demographic and Health Survey shows that HIV/AIDS infection rates have declined dramatically, that the number of treated cases has increased dramatically and that Rwanda is one of the few countries in Africa likely to reach universal treatment. Rwanda is on track to achieve the targeted reduction in malaria ­incidence...

http://mg.co.za/article/2008-09-30-meeting-the-goals
Nov 30, 2007
Uganda: Maternal mortality rates improve

Fred Ouma
NEW VISION (Uganda)

The 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey showed that the number of women who die due to pregnancy complications has declined slightly from 527 per 100,000 in 1995 to 435 per 100,000 in 2006, while the number of children who died before their first birthday has reduced from 88 to 76 deaths per 1000 lives births.

http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/599869