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.
Study shows the power of the media for encouraging condom use
AVERT (Brighton, United Kingdom)
"...A study in Ghana has found that unmarried men exposed to family planning messages in the media are 50% more likely to use condoms than their peers.
"The study looked at data from Ghana’s 2014 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) relating to 970 sexually active, never-married men (ages 15–64)..."
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