Beyond the Demographic and Health Survey: on the past and future of population health surveillance
Summary box At the start of 2025, the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) programme was paused due to the defunding of USAID, illustrating the fragility of the international data infrastructures on which many national health systems rely.
Authors
- John Nott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-5942)
- Alister Munthali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3495-3446)
- Don P. Mathanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6816-1888)
- Jil Molenaar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-6478)
- Bertrand Taithe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7842-6800)
- Blessings N. Kaunda-Khangamwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7345-9427)
- Jesman Chintsanya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-9668)
- Chimwemwe Phiri
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- University of Malawi (MW)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-022023
- Primary Topic
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00