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What's New

This section contains the latest news and highlights related to MEASURE DHS surveys, research, and other activities.

DHS has just published 4 new subject reports based on the 2005-06 India NFHS, including Nutrition in India, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in IndiaHealth and Living Conditions in Eight Indian Cities, and A Profile of Youth in India.  Download them today!

Key Findings from the 2006 UDHS: A Gender Perspective has been released. This report gender differences in Uganda for a variety of health topics, including education, employment, and domestic violence.

To read the report, go to: http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FA64/FA64.pdf.

The 2007 Indonesia DHS and the 2007 Indonesia Young Adult Reproductive Health Surveys have been released. 

For the final reports, go to:

IDHS: http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR218/FR218[April-09-2009].pdf

IYARHS: http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR219/FR219.pdf

The 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey and the 2007 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey were released this week. 

For the Bangladesh report, go to: Bangladesh DHS 2007 (PDF)

For the Zambia report, go to: Zambia DHS 2007 (PDF)

Recently, South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper, in collaboration with the United Nations Millennium Development Campaign, launched a series of exclusive interviews with African presidents about the progress their countries have made toward achieving the  Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This week, the newspaper staff spoke with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. During the interview, President Kagame referred to the 2005 DHS several times, explaining how the survey results have helped Rwanda measure its progress toward meetings the MDGs.
 
 
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