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.
Kenya: There is more to population decline in Central Province than alcohol
Gatonye Gathura
DAILY NATION (Kenya)
...Released months before the census report, the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, carried out by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, indicated the region has the highest use of contraceptives.
“Women in Central Province continue to have the highest contraceptive prevalence rate at 67 percent,” says the report. This is followed at a distant second by Nairobi at 55 percent and Eastern Province at 52 percent...