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Preliminary Data for the 2006 Mali DHS Available

Kiet Bang — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:53:03 +0000

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

New DHS working papers: Peru, Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa

Tara Murray — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:07:31 +0000

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 Data for the 2006 Niger DHS Available

Kiet Bang — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:25:59 +0000

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 Nepal DHS 2006 Now Available

Kiet Bang — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:45:26 +0000

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

Uganda Atlas of HIV/AIDS Indicators 2004-05

Tara Murray — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:18:10 +0000

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.

New Report on the Status of Women’s Health in Tanzania

Kiet Bang — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:42:34 +0000

The Demographic and Health Survey has released a new report titled “Womenâ€™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 womenâ€™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 2005 DHS data for Hunduras available

Kiet Bang — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:03:40 +0000

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

2006 Preliminary Uganda DHS data available

Kiet Bang — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:38:28 +0000

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

New DHS findings: Zimbabwe, postpartum care, HIV

Tara Murray — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:41:20 +0000

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 childrenâ€™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).

New DHS Datasets Available

Kiet Bang — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:54:42 +0000

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.