#DHSgames Week Two – Round Two

Written by: The DHS Program

19 Aug, 2016

It’s been another big week in the #DHSgames. Before the final weekend, Brazil moves into first place in our games with 15 medals – five gold, five silver, and five bronze. Kazakhstan slipped into second place – of its five medals, three are gold. Azerbaijan makes an entrance into the top three for the first time […]


#DHSgames Week Two – Round One

Written by: The DHS Program

15 Aug, 2016

It’s been an exciting week for the #DHSgames, particularly for female athletes of DHS countries. We support women’s empowerment, whether in the form of athletic achievement or as an indicator of development. First, let’s review this week’s medal count. Kazakhstan is now in first place with ten medals, followed by South Africa  with seven medals, and […]


#DHSgames Week One – Round Two

Written by: The DHS Program

12 Aug, 2016

In our medal count to wrap up this first week of the #DHSgames, Kazakhstan moves into first place among DHS countries (and 12th overall), with seven total medals including gold in both swimming and weightlifting. Thailand is still going strong in 2nd place in the #DHSgames. Since our August 8th report, Thailand has earned an […]


#DHSgames Week One – Round One

Written by: The DHS Program

08 Aug, 2016

Here’s the first medal count of the 2016 #DHSgames! Our top three medalists are Thailand, earning one gold and one bronze medal; Vietnam, winning one gold medal; and Kazakhstan, with one silver and one bronze. Thailand, a country whose last DHS survey was in 1987, won two medals in weightlifting events. Vietnam, whose last survey was an AIDS […]


Get into the Spirit of the 2016 #DHSgames

Written by: The DHS Program

03 Aug, 2016

Click on >> to show the map’s legend. With the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics, The DHS Program is kicking off its own event of sorts – The DHS Games! If you have been following us since the summer of 2012, you may recall: The DHS Games are our way of celebrating the countries we […]


Connecting GIS and Public Health: 2016 Regional Health Data Mapping Workshop

Written by: Trinadh Dontamsetti

27 Jul, 2016

In August, The DHS Program Geospatial team is hosting this year’s Regional Health Data Mapping Workshop in Accra, Ghana. The workshop will focus on the application of Geographic Information System (GIS) in public health, specifically using maps for better program and policy decisionmaking. This will be a basic workshop that introduces participants to data concepts […]


Spotlight on Implementing Agencies: Tchad

Written by: The DHS Program

13 Jul, 2016

In April 2016, The DHS Program welcomed visitors from Tchad. This post is one in a series of interviews with visitors to DHS headquarters. Don’t read French? You can use the translate feature at the top of the page! Nom : Riguide Mbaissanadje (Point Focal du Ministère de la Sante Publique), Noubadignim Ronelyanbaye (Chef de Service des Etudes de Population et Perspectives Démographiques […]


Spotlight on Implementing Agencies: Lesotho

Written by: The DHS Program

16 Jun, 2016

Name(s): Mrs. Anna Malefa Masheane/Moseneke (HIV/TB Clinical Officer), Miss Motsoanku Grace ‘Mefane (Sexual and Reproductive Health Manager), Miss Mahlape Ramoseme (Chief Statistician), and Mr. Leutsoa Matsoso (Head M&E Officer) of the Ministry of Health. Country of origin:  Lesotho When not working, favorite place to visit: Anna: At the stadium watching football. Motsoanku Grace: Public places […]


Building Awareness of the Link between Fistula and Gender-Based Violence

Written by: Lindsay Mallick

18 May, 2016

Genital fistula, an abnormal hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder that causes urinary or fecal incontinence, is a devastating, preventable condition that no woman should have to endure. It usually results from inadequately managed, prolonged or obstructed labor, surgical error, or trauma [1, 2].  Although rare, it can be completely debilitating—physically, socially, and […]


The Vaccination Landscape: Changes and Challenges

Written by: Joanna Lowell

27 Apr, 2016

What was the last vaccination you received? The one before that? When did you receive them?  Where was the vaccine administered – your arm? Your thigh? The right or the left? For most of us, this is not easy information to remember. And yet it’s what we ask many women to recall for their children […]


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.