MEDIA ADVISORY: Virtual press conference on global progress toward measles elimination, 14.30 CET/13.30 GMT on Monday, 24 November 2025

No images? Click here Thursday, 20 November 2025 Embargoed until 11.30 CET/10.30 GMT on Friday, 28 November 2025 MEDIA ADVISORY Virtual press conference on global progress toward measles elimination (embargoed) WHEN: 14.30 CET/13.30 GMT on Monday, 24 November 2025   WHAT:  Virtual press conference on global progress toward measles elimination (under embargo) The Progress toward measles elimination – worldwide, 2000–2024 includes the latest global and regional estimates on measles cases and deaths and progress towards global measles elimination targets outlined in the Immunization Agenda 2030 and the Measles and Rubella Strategic Framework 2021–2030.  SPEAKERS: Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO    Diana Chang Blanc, Unit Head, Essential Programme on Immunization, WHO  Dr Santosh Gurung, Technical Officer, Measles and Rubella Control, WHO  Sébastien Antoni, Data Analyst, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance, WHO  Join by Zoom: Link: https://who.zoom.us/j/98269843748 Password: VpC%WHO24 Join by phone: International numbers available: https://who.zoom.us/u/adF9DmxPzV Webinar ID: 982 6984 3748 Numeric code for phone access: 360769851 About the reports The Progress toward measles elimination – worldwide, 2000–2024 will be published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) on Friday, 28 November 2025.  The report is available under embargo to journalists only.  Please send your request to chriscadenk@who.int  with a copy to mediainquiries@who.int.  Embargo will lift at 11.30 CET/10.30 GMT on Friday, 28 November 2025. The Immunization Agenda 2030 Mid-term Review will also be published at the same time, highlighting progress towards global immunization targets, including measles elimination. The IA2030 decade runs from 2021 to 2030; 2025, therefore, represents a critical mid-point to take stock of progress and identify necessary shifts for the rest of the decade.   Notes to journalists: Please enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet) in your Zoom profile and ensure your microphone is connected and active on your computer.  When you sign in, you will be automatically put in the meeting room. Click "raise hand" if you wish to ask a question (the icon can be found under the tab: participants), this will enter you into the queue for questions.  Please note that only questions from the media are allowed during the press conference.  Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int    You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team         Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe