Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS-8)

The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS-8) Program assists participating countries in implementing household and facility-based surveys, analyzing data stemming from these surveys, and facilitating use of these data to support evidence-informed decision making.

The DHS-8 contract will continue to be USAID's primary implementation mechanism for demographic and health data collection with activities yielding improved tools, methods, partnerships, and technical guidance to collect quality population, health, and nutrition data.

Project activities will also increase in-country individual and institutional capacity for identification of data needs and for survey design, management, and data collection to meet those needs.

DHS-8 will disseminate program survey data and information through multiple mechanisms including country specific DHS reports, curricula for professionals, peer reviewed journal publications that use DHS data, and the DHS website.

These dissemination activities improve the availability of DHS Program survey data and information, advance analysis and synthesis of DHS Program survey data, and improve facilitation of DHS Program data use among stakeholders worldwide.

Through the project's capacity building and dissemination activities, DHS-8 will continue to build on past investment and support countries on their transition to self-reliance.