POST-PRESSER LINKS: Virtual press conference on global progress toward measles elimination, 14.30 CET/13.30 GMT on Monday, 24 November 2025

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No images? Click here Monday, 24 November 2025 Embargoed until 11.30 CET/10.30 GMT on Friday, 28 November 2025 POST-PRESSER LINKS Virtual press conference on global progress toward measles elimination (embargoed) An embargoed virtual press conference on global progress toward measles elimination was held on 24 November 2025.  The recording can be accessed here: Audio: https://who.canto.global/b/Q0EK8 Video: https://who.canto.global/b/JS5CP 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  About the reports 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.  The estimates will be published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) 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.   Embargo lifta at 11.30 CET/10.30 GMT on Friday, 28 November 2025. 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