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The DHS Program Application Programming Interface (API) provides software developers access to aggregated indicator data from The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. The API can be used to create various applications to help analyze, visualize, explore and disseminate data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition from more than 90 countries.

Workflow

Ready to try out the DHS Program API?
  1. Read a brief Introduction to the Data to learn what data are available through the API.
  2. Take a look at API Basics to learn how to access the data and make queries to obtain what you need.
  3. Note: Changes to the API will be noted in the Release Notes
  4. Follow us on twitter @DHSprogramAPI

About The DHS Program
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program has collected, analyzed, and disseminated accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more than 300 surveys in over 90 countries.