DHS Program (Demographic & Health Surveys)
ICF
- Access tierOPEN-API Queryable API, automatable end to end.
- Access methodREST API
- AuthenticationNone
- RegionGlobal
- Topicsnatality mortality nutrition infectious-disease global-health
- Finest geographysubnational-region
- Update cadencestatic (as published: frozen)
- Statusdegraded · last checked 2026-08-08
- Registry id
dhs-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.
Papers using this source (6 found in total)
- High local temperatures reduce dietary diversity in children under 2: variation along the urban spectrum in Kenya and Burkina Faso. Health Place 2026
- Trends and Determinants of Unmet Need for Family Planning Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15-24 Years in Nepal: Evidence from Three Demographic and Health Surveys. Matern Child Health J 2026
- A machine learning analysis of perceived healthcare access barriers among women of reproductive age in Sub-Saharan Africa: using demographic and health surveys. AJOG Glob Rep 2026
- Predicting lifetime cervical cancer screening among sexually active women in low- and middle-income countries using machine learning models: evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys. AJOG Glob Rep 2026
- Primary Health Care Coverage and Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. JAMA Netw Open 2026
Found by searching PubMed for this source's names and judging each match. A search is not a systematic review, and absence here does not mean a source is unused.
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