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article · BMJ Global Health

Beyond the Demographic and Health Survey: on the past and future of population health surveillance

2026Open accessUniversity of Malawi

Abstract

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.

Research topics

  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Census and Population Estimation
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-022023

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