DHS has published 3 new working papers:

• Internal Migration and the Use of Reproductive and Child Health Services in Peru (Lekha Subaiya)
• Trends in Primary and Secondary Abstinence among Kenya Youth (Chi Chiao & Vinod Mishra)
• Spousal Agreement on Waiting Time to Next Birth in Sub-Saharan Africa (Tesfayi Gebreselassie & Vinod Mishra)

Preliminary datasets are now available for the 2006 Niger Demographic and Health Survey. PRI researchers may request it from the Data Archivist.

Data for the 2006 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey are now available. PRI researchers may request it from the Data Archivist

The Uganda Atlas of HIV/AIDS Indicators 2004-05, available from Demographic and Health Surveys, combines the detailed geographic data collected in DHS surveys with other DHS data.

The Demographic and Health Survey has released a new report titled “Women’s Health in Tanzania: Key Findings from the 2004-05 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and the 2003-04 Tanzania HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey”. The report smmarizes the major survey findings about women’s education, status, fertility, health and other significant measures. Click here to view and download a free copy of the report in pdf format.

Final Data for the Honduras DHS 2005 survey are now available. PRI researchers may request it from the Data Archivist.

Preliminary datasets are now available for the Uganda DHS 2006. PRI researchers may request the data from the Data Archivist.

The 2005/06 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey is the first national survey to use population-based testing to determine HIV prevalence. The survey found that 1 in 6 adults in Zimbabwe has HIV. Other findings include that children’s health is worsening as vaccination rates drop and malnutrition and anemia increase. The final report is available from MEASURE DHS.

Postpartum Care: Levels and Determinants in Developing Countries, another new report from DHS, says that postpartum care is scarce in developing countries.

And in another DHS study, researchers found that women may be responsible for spreading more HIV within marriages than previously suspected (Economist.com).

Final MEASURE DHS Datasets have been released for Lesotho (2004), Cambodia (2005), and Nepal (2006). Please contact the Data Archivist if you are interested in obtaining any of the datasets.

Datasets are now available for the following surveys:

* Armenia DHS 2005 (Final)
* Haiti DHS 2005 (Preliminary)
* Cambodia DHS 2005 (No longer restricted)
* Cambodia Special 1998 (No longer restricted)

Please contact the Data Archivist if you are interested in obtaining these datasets.