Grim but essential, autopsies are saving lives in Bangladesh

2010 World Population Day highlights the importance of data for development. The focus is on the 2010 round of the population and housing census, data analysis for development and UNFPA's lead role in population and development.

Ma Houay Kout village is in a particularly remote area in Attapeu Province in southern Laos. Once every three months, a health team will spend two days in each village and provide a range of services and information.

Preliminary results of the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey released in Sierra Leone indicate that the country has improved health services in the last five years, especially in the area of family planning.