| No images? Click here  28 November 2025 | Issue 332  Examining a child admitted with malaria in the paediatric unit at Kisumu County Referral Hospital, Kenya, April 2024 © WHO/Genna Print   01 to 05 December 2025 Fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement The fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement will be held from 1 to 5 December. In May 2025, the World Health Assembly adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. It also established an open-ended IGWG to undertake several tasks, including drafting and negotiating an annex to the Agreement on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system (PABS) to enable safe, transparent and accountable access and benefit-sharing for PABS materials and sequence information. Further information: here.  Monday, 01 December Launch of the WHO guideline on the use of GLP-1 therapies for the treatment of obesity in adults On 1 December, the World Health Organization (WHO) will release its first guideline on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for treating obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease. The WHO guideline will be launched at the WHO global press conference at 14.30 CET/13.30 GMT on Monday, 1 December. A media advisory with additional information, including dial-in links, has been sent to the media. Embargoed materials, including the report and the scientific paper to be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), are available to journalists upon request. Please write to jinn@who.int with a copy to mediainquiries@who.int. At 16.00 CET/15.00 GMT on Monday, 1 December, WHO in collaboration with JAMA will host a high-level global webinar titled “From evidence to action: WHO guideline on the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for the treatment of obesity in adults”. Further information and registration: here. ********** World AIDS Day 2025 WHO joins partners and communities to mark World AIDS Day under the theme “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response.” Amidst funding challenges for the AIDS response, WHO is calling for global solidarity and investment in innovations to protect and empower communities most at risk. Learn more about the WHO campaign. A high-level event, co-hosted by WHO, UNAIDS, and the Global Fund, will take place at 15.30 CET on Monday, 1 December and will be livestreamed. Speakers will include Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO; Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS; and Peter Sands, Executive Director, the Global Fund.  Thursday, 04 December Launch of the World Malaria Report 2025 WHO's World Malaria Report 2025 provides the latest global and regional estimates on malaria cases, deaths, intervention coverage and financing. This year’s report places special emphasis on the growing threat of antimalarial drug resistance -- now one of the most acute risks to malaria control efforts in Africa and beyond. A virtual press conference will take place under embargo at 15.00 CET/14.00 GMT on Tuesday, 02 December. A media advisory with additional information, including dial-in links, has been sent to the media. Embargoed materials are available to journalists. Please send your request to mediainquiries@who.int with a copy to chriscadenk@who.int. Embargo lifts at 10.00 CET/09.00 GMT on Thursday, 4 December 2025.  Saturday, 06 December Launch of the UHC global monitoring report 2025 The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report 2025, jointly developed by WHO and the World Bank (WB), will be officially launched on 6 December at the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) High-Level Forum hosted by the Government of Japan, the WB Group and WHO. The event, taking place on 5 and 6 December in Tokyo, Japan will also celebrate the official launch of the UHC Knowledge Hub. An embargoed virtual media briefing will be held at 17.00 JST/09.00 CET/08.00 GMT on Friday, 5 December. A media advisory with further details will be sent on Monday, 1 December. Journalists wishing to attend should pre-register at https://amarys-jtb.jp/uhc2025c/ by 18:00 JST/10.00 CET/09.00 GMT on Wednesday, 3 December. Media contact: levind@who.int with a copy to mediainquiries@who.int  Other WHO events of interest (the full list here)
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