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Samuel Mwangi, Tübingen University
Joseph Gitahi, University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart
Margret Gichuhi Gichuhi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology
If DHS fails to expose the vulnerability of the most marginalized groups, policymakers will never notice them. This research study calls for the international community to critically re-examine how demographic health surveys (DHS) in Africa present, misrepresent or fail to address vital health issues of the most vulnerable populations. As a claim, healthcare access has not adequately been addressed in DHS in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study includes data the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS); Kenya Master Facility List (KMFL) and Geospatial data (QGIS), Kenya. We develop a Healthcare Access Index (HAI) as a methodology of measuring healthcare access and generate geospatially demographic health data. The study finds possible misrepresentation of human welfare, hiding vulnerability among some populations. For Proper understanding of demographic issues, there is the need to present DHS data in a geospatial format.