Why NPC embarked on Nigeria’s health survey – Official

The National Population Commission (NPC) has stated that it has commenced the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) from 15th August to 15th December this year across the 36 states of the federation.
A federal commissioner in the commission representing North east, Alhaji Hassan Bashir stated this yesterday in Bauchi while briefing newsmen on the exercise.
He explained that the NDHS is a five year periodic worldwide survey program designed by USAID to assist countries in conducting household sample surveys to monitor changes in population, health and nutrition.
According to him, the exercise is currently being carried out in several countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Carribean, Eastern Europe adding that the data would be used to better understand the population, health and nutrition situation in these countries.
Bashir further said that the survey seeks to among other things collect data on fertility levels, contraceptive use, maternal and child health, infant, neonatal mortality and maternal mortality.
Others are on violence against women, gender, immunization, nutrition, breast feeding, awareness regarding HIV/AIDS and other indicators relevant for the Sustainable Development Goals.
” Expectedly, a total of 40, 567 women and 12, 056 men will be interviewed in this survey.
The 2018 NDHS unlike the previous exercises has been designed with additional components on malaria and genotype testing”.
He noted