DHS in the News

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Ameto Akpe
BUSINESS DAY ONLINE (Lagos, Nigeria)

"...According to the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) over 80 percent of pregnant women in Bauchi state birth their babies at home alone or assisted by unskilled birth attendants. Results from the 2013 NDHS released June this year highlights stalled progress in the area of reproductive health for women since 2003, with access unchanged since 2003 despite interventions and resources expended to improve reproductive health care for women in the country..."

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Ameto Akpe
BUSINESS DAY ONLINE (Lagos, Nigeria)

"...According to the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) over 80 percent of pregnant women in Bauchi state birth their babies at home alone or assisted by unskilled birth attendants. Results from the 2013 NDHS released June this year highlights stalled progress in the area of reproductive health for women since 2003, with access unchanged since 2003 despite interventions and resources expended to improve reproductive health care for women in the country..."

URL to article: http://businessdayonline.com/2014/08/experts-seek-answers-on-stalled-improvement-in-reproductive-health-access/#.U-KAAFP4asZ