International Women’s Day through the lens of the India National Family Health Survey

Written by: The DHS Program

08 Mar, 2018

For over 20 years, The DHS Program has collected information related to women’s empowerment, experience of spousal violence, women’s participation in decision making, and, more recently, women’s access to money and credit. International Women’s Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the progress women have made based on one of our most highly anticipated surveys. The […]

DHS Data in the News

Written by: The DHS Program

28 Feb, 2018

Journalists worldwide use DHS, MIS, and SPA surveys as source data for essential stories – stories about domestic violence, HIV prevention, and child survival. Coverage of these topics brings awareness to these critical issues and often prompts policy change. In any given month, DHS Program data are cited in hundreds of print, television, radio, and […]

A New Way to Interact with your Favorite Indicators

Written by: The DHS Program

22 Feb, 2018

We are pleased to showcase a new mini-tool on our website that allows you to quickly interact with indicators for topics such as family planning, gender, malaria, and nutrition. We have preselected 10-15 key indicators per topic that you can view by country or globally. Family Planning Gender Malaria Nutrition Simply navigate to your favorite topic to see […]

IPUMS-DHS Unlocks Research Possibilities with New Contextual Data

Written by: The DHS Program

31 Jan, 2018

Have you ever wondered if high-levels of precipitation affect birthweights and infant and child survival? Is increased use of insecticide-treated bed nets associated with lower incidence of malaria? Do children in households near battle zones or other violent contexts have higher levels of child malnutrition? Do some staple crop regimes promote better health outcomes than others? […]

Reflections on The DHS Program’s Regional Sampling Workshop

Written by: Mahmoud Elkasabi

10 Jan, 2018

In some developing countries, the knowledge and methods for complex survey sampling can be capacity gaps in national statistical offices. In many cases, survey samples are prepared by statisticians who have limited academic and field experience in sampling. For this reason, The DHS Program has developed a Regional Sampling Workshop to provide a two-week face-to-face […]

The Best of DHS 2017

Written by: The DHS Program

27 Dec, 2017

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 […]

Inside The DHS Program: Q&A with Gulnara Semenov

Written by: The DHS Program

14 Dec, 2017

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 […]

Inside Angola’s First-ever DHS Survey

Written by: The DHS Program

22 Nov, 2017

In 2017, three new countries joined the list of those who have implemented nationally representative and internationally comparable Demographic and Health Surveys, setting a baseline by which to measure progress on standardized health indicators. Earlier this year, Afghanistan and Myanmar released the results of their first DHS surveys, and as of June 30, Angola, too, […]

José Miguel Guzmán Elected 2017 IUSSP Laureate

Written by: The DHS Program

16 Nov, 2017

We are honored to announce that The DHS Program’s Regional Coordinator, José Miguel Guzmán, was recently named the 2017 International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Laureate. He was elected by the IUSSP Council in recognition of his lifetime achievements in population issues and influence on research, training, and public policy. Earlier this month, IUSSP […]

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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.