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 18, 2023
Kenya’s fertility rate dropping

Hellen Shikanda  NATIONAL MEDIA GROUP (KENYA) 
  "...The KDHS data also shows that four in every ten teenage pregnancies are from women who have no form of education as compared to only five per cent of women who have more than secondary education...'' 

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/kenya-s-fertility-rate-dropping-4089792
Jan 18, 2023
Why Kenya is likely to face a HIV crisis

Leon Lidigu  NATIONAL MEDIA GROUP (KENYA)

"...Nearly half of Kenyan teenagers aged 15 to 17 years do not know how to protect themselves from HIV/Aids infection, the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2022 shows... "

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/why-kenya-is-likely-to-face-a-hiv-crisis-4089754
Feb 07, 2022
Zimbabwe, Rwanda exchange knowledge on tackling GBV

Alice Kagina
THE NEW TIMES

"...According to the latest Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20 Final Report, on domestic violence, it’s reported that 46 per cent of ever-married women and 18 per cent of ever-married men have experienced spousal physical, sexual, or emotional violence..."

https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/zimbabwe-rwanda-exchange-knowledge-tackling-gbv
Feb 07, 2022
Youth Anti-FGM Network Kenya Launched In Kisii

Aunda Lavina
KENYA NEWS AGENCY (Kenya)

"...2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) report, the prevalence of FGM in Kisii County was at 84 per cent against the national prevalence of 21 per cent and there was a need to act fast in eradicating it..."

https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/youth-anti-fgm-network-kenya-launched-in-kisii/
Jan 31, 2022
Fistula Repairs Redeeming Hope for Malawian Women

Josephine Chinele
NIGERIA HEALTH WATCH (Abuja, Nigeria)

"...One percent of Malawian women and girls of childbearing age have experienced the condition, according to the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey of 2015-16..."

https://nigeriahealthwatch.com/fistula-repairs-redeeming-hope-for-malawian-women/