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.

Jan 20, 2015
Ebola worsens health system in Sierra Leone

AWOKO (Sierra Leone)

"...The 2013 Sierra Leone Demographic Health Survey report states that 28 percent of adolescent women aged 15 19 are already mothers or pregnant with their first child and 46 percent of adolescent women with no education have begun childbearing."One in every 11 children die before reaching age one, and one in every seven does not survive up to his or her fifth birthday," the 2013 Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey Key Findings states..."

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