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DHS Program (Demographic & Health Surveys)

ICF

Source homepage API endpoint

Access tierOPEN-API Queryable API, automatable end to end.
Access methodREST API
AuthenticationNone
RegionGlobal
Topicsfertility mortality nutrition hiv lmic-surveys
Finest geographysubnational-region
Update cadencestatic (as published: frozen)
Statusdegraded · last checked 2026-08-08
Registry iddhs-program

Quirks & gotchas

PROGRAM PAUSED since early 2025 (USAID closure) — no new surveys; API reported flaky. Data-rescue mirror: openICPSR project 220041. Microdata = registration + approval (RESTRICTED). IPUMS DHS is a fallback.

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Provenance

Catalog contents: 114 public health data sources
Source of record: registry/sources.yaml in the HealthDataWhiz repository
Built: 2026-08-09
Machine-readable: catalog.json (CC-BY, reuse freely)
This entry: dhs-program in registry/sources.yaml
Last verified: 2026-08-08

This catalog describes where public health data lives and how to access it. It is not medical advice, and it does not host or redistribute the data itself — always read each source's own documentation, licence, and suppression rules before using it. Access details drift; entries carry the date we last verified them. Sources marked RESTRICTED are listed for reference only — they require an application or data-use agreement and we never automate access to them.