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.
Nigeria: Malaria remains a moving target
Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna, Chinyere Amalu & Olayinka Latona
VANGUARD (Nigeria)
...Minister of State for Health and Sardauna Gusau, Alhaji Suleiman Bello who disclosed this to Good Health Weekly said that although 17 million nets were distributed in 2009 and 46 million more are to be distributed by the end of the year, figures from the 2008 national Demographic and Health Survey indicate that the rate of use of the nets is just about 4.8 per cent among pregnant women and 5.5 per cent amongst children under 5...