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On World Malaria Day, a push to eliminate malaria

05/01/2016

| Anglais/English/Inglés, Health and Well-Being

GENEVA — A year after the World Health Assembly resolved to eliminate malaria from at least 35 countries by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing a World Malaria Day report that shows this goal, though ambitious, is achievable. In 2015, all countries in the WHO European Region reported, for the first time, zero indigenous cases of malaria, down from 90 000 cases in 1995. Outside this region, 8 countries reported zero cases of the disease in 2014:…

UNECE helps improve the measurement of inflation

04/30/2016

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| Anglais/English/Inglés, Economy

We are all more or less familiar with the concept of inflation – rising prices that reduce our purchasing power. The consumer price index (CPI) is the most commonly used measure of consumer price inflation. It measures the average price change of goods and services purchased by households for consumption. So to know whether that cup of coffee really was cheaper before, take a look at the CPI. The CPI has a direct effect on millions of households who…