DHS in the News
| Body: | Richard Cincotta "A quick scan through the charts and graphs of Pakistan's most recent Demographic and Health Survey yields more than a few insights into the performance of the government's health policies and the public health and demographic challenges it will face in the future. How well did Islamabad measure up? Not well. The survey results are a disappointment for Pakistan's public health professionals and women's health advocates and warn of increasingly difficult conditions for rural service delivery. To some health program analysts, the results reflect the low priority given to public health and family planning for decades by Pakistan's central government..." |
| Abstract: | Richard Cincotta "A quick scan through the charts and graphs of Pakistan's most recent Demographic and Health Survey yields more than a few insights into the performance of the government's health policies and the public health and demographic challenges it will face in the future. How well did Islamabad measure up? Not well. The survey results are a disappointment for Pakistan's public health professionals and women's health advocates and warn of increasingly difficult conditions for rural service delivery. To some health program analysts, the results reflect the low priority given to public health and family planning for decades by Pakistan's central government..." |
| URL to article: | http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2014/12/pakistans-demographic-health-survey-reveals-slow-progress/ |