Another year has passed at The DHS Program, and we’re looking back at some of our best moments throughout the year! Just to name a few: Afghanistan, Angola, and Myanmar released their first-ever Demographic and Health Surveys. The new and improved Spatial Data Repository website now includes modeled surfaces and geospatial covariates. We introduced the […]
Name: Gulnara Semenov Position title: Senior Medical Officer What is your role at The DHS Program? I served as Regional Coordinator for Anglophone Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia and as a survey manager for DHS and Service Provision Assessment (SPA) surveys for the last 15 years. I was responsible for negotiating scope, content, logistics, and […]
Anthropometry measurement (height and weight) is a core component of DHS surveys that is used to generate indicators on nutritional status. The Biomarker Questionnaire now includes questions on clothing and hairstyle interference on measurements for both women and children for improved interpretation.