DHS Dimensions

DHS Dimensions is published twice a year by the MEASURE DHS project. It provides information about the program, its activities and publications, and the current status of DHS surveys.

Volume 7, Number 2, Fall 2005

Collaboration in Guyana Reduces Costs, Improves Data Collection and Meets Program Needs

Also included:

• Trends in Demographic and Health Indicators in Ghana
• Education and Nutritional Status of Orphans
• Collected Gender Papers Published
• Improvements in Madagascar Intervention Zone
• DHS Data at Work
• News articles featuring DHS data
• Key Findings from Recent Surveys including Jayapura City Young Adult Reproductive Health Survey, Tanzania HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey, Cameroon and Bangladesh
• Staff Profile

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Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 2005

Data Quality Improved with Biomarkers

Also included:

• Infertility in Developing Countries
• Trends in Family Planning in Ghana
• Female Genital Cutting Country Comparison
• DHS Data at Work
• News articles featuring DHS data
• Key Findings from Recent Surveys including Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Philippines and Madagascar
• Staff Profile

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Volume 6, Number 2, Fall 2004

DHS HIV Data Changing Global Estimates

Also included:

• HIV Service Provision Assessment Surveys
• New Report on Domestic Violence
• Women’s Empowerment and Gender
• Results from Nigeria and Uzbekistan Surveys
• DHS Staff Train Journalists in Bangkok
• Revision of DHS Questionnaire
• DHS Data at Work

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Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 2004

ORC Macro Joins Forces with Outstanding Organizations, Remains Prime Contractor for DHS Contract

Also included:

• HIV Testing in Zambia
• Rwanda SPA
• Nutrition Developments
• Contraceptive Self-Reliance in Indonesia
• Indonesia Young Adult Survey
• Fertility and Infant Mortality in Eritrea

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