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 25, 2022
Expectations from the Union budget 2022: With special reference to the IVF Healthcare industry

Dr Kshitiz Murdia
THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS (Noida, India)

"...India’s fertility rates have been on the decline over the past two decades. In the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2015-16 survey, the national Total Fertility Rate (TFR) was determined to be 2.2, down from 2.7 in the NFHS 2005-06 survey. The latest data from National Family Health Survey reports that the fertility rate in India has been crumbling, with the 2019-21 survey putting it at an all-time low of 2 children per woman..."

https://www.financialexpress.com/budget/expectations-from-the-union-budget-2022-with-special-reference-to-the-ivf-healthcare-industry/
Jan 24, 2022
New Pregnancy Policy Bears Twin Problems

Mubatsi Asinja Habati
THE INDEPENDENT (Kampala, Uganda)

"...The Uganda Demographic and Health Survey of 2016 done by Uganda Bureau of Statistics says 1 in 4 adolescent girls aged 15 -19 are already mothers or are pregnant with their first child while 64% girls have sex before the age 18. Teenage childbearing is higher in rural areas at 27% than in urban areas (19%)..."

https://www.independent.co.ug/new-pregnancy-policy-bears-twin-problems/
Jan 24, 2022
Madagascar : hausse de l’indice de fécondité des adolescentes de 15 à 19 ans

L'Info (Reunion)

"...la proportion d’adolescentes ayant déjà commencé leur vie procréative est plus élevée en milieu rural (36 %) qu’en milieu urbain (16 %). La plus forte hausse est enregistrée dans deux régions (Sofia et Menabe) avec 50 %. À l’inverse, les régions de Haute Matsiatra das les Hauts-Plateaux (21 %), d’Analamanga (20 %) et de Vakinankaratra (18 %) ont recensé les plus faibles..."

https://www.linfo.re/ocean-indien/madagascar/madagascar-hausse-de-l-indice-de-fecondite-des-adolescentes-de-15-a-19-ans
Jan 21, 2022
SA men reluctant to take responsibility for contraception

Lilita Gcwabe
Health-e News

"...The report states: “20% of all births in the five years preceding 2016 Demographic and Health Survey (including pregnancies at the time), happened to women who were not planning on having any more children...”
 

https://health-e.org.za/2022/01/21/unplanned-pregnancies-sa-men-must-stop-passing-the-buck/
Jan 20, 2022
“El aborto es un servicio de salud esencial”: Grupo Médico por el Derecho a Decidir

Maria Fernanda Gaitan 
CRITERIO (Colombia)

"...Diario Criterio: Según los datos de la más reciente Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud, que corresponde a 2015, podemos ver que existe mucha desinformación sobre el aborto, sobre las causales en las que es permitido. ¿Por qué?

"L.G.: Fíjate que, según esa encuesta, sólo el 40 por ciento de las mujeres en la ruralidad manifestó saber que el aborto es legal en algunos casos; el porcentaje es mayor en las ciudades. Sin embargo, muchas veces no se interpretan bien esos casos. Ellas piensan que tienen que estarse muriendo para acceder al aborto, por ejemplo..."

https://diariocriterio.com/el-aborto-es-un-servicio-medico-esencial-gmdd/