The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program collects and disseminates nationally representative data on fertility, family planning, maternal and child health, gender, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and nutrition in various countries. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Program also provides technical assistance for health and population survey data collection around the world. The DHS Program believes that the ultimate purpose of collecting data is its use in policy formation, program planning, and monitoring and evaluation. Demographic and health data for 46 African countries https://www.dhsprogram.com/Countries/Country-List.cfm is available from the DHS website. Researchers can register their projects with the Program on the site to obtain access to this data. Reports for each survey round are also available from the site https://www.dhsprogram.com/publications/index.cfm