DHS in the News

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bdnews24.com


Dhaka, Bangladesh

"...One in nine people aged 35 and above was found diabetic in the preliminary results of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2011. One in three women and one in five men of the same age group was found to have high blood pressure. The national representative study, done for the first time in Bangladesh, also found one in six women and one in 10 men overweight which is also linked with diabetes and hypertension..."

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bdnews24.com


Dhaka, Bangladesh

"...One in nine people aged 35 and above was found diabetic in the preliminary results of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2011. One in three women and one in five men of the same age group was found to have high blood pressure. The national representative study, done for the first time in Bangladesh, also found one in six women and one in 10 men overweight which is also linked with diabetes and hypertension..."

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