MEDIA ADVISORY: Under embargo: Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report 2025

No images? Click here Wednesday, 3 December 2025 MEDIA ADVISORY Under embargo until 10:45 a.m. JST/Tokyo, 02:45 a.m. CET/Geneva on Saturday 6 December 2025 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report 2025 The UHC Global Monitoring Report, developed jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank Group, provides the latest overview on global progress toward achieving the UHC targets by 2030. The report will be officially launched at the UHC High-Level Forum, taking place on 5-6 December in Tokyo, Japan. This landmark event, attended by international health partners, policymakers, including senior leaders from the Government of Japan, the World Bank Group and the WHO, will also mark the official launch of the UHC Knowledge Hub in Tokyo. The UHC Global Monitoring Report presents new data and findings on progress toward targets for essential health service coverage and the reduction of financial hardship among populations. It provides global and regional trends in service coverage, drawing on data from 195 countries or territories, and examines trends in financial hardship based on data from 168 countries. WHO can make an embargoed news release and report copies available to interested media under embargo.  WHAT: Embargoed news release, copies of the UHC Global Monitoring Report 2025 WHEN: From 4 December, under embargo till 10:45 a.m. JST/Tokyo, 02:45 a.m. CET/Geneva on Saturday 6 December 2025 SPEAKERS:      ·       Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General ·       Dr Yukiko Nakatani, WHO Assistant Director-General, Health Systems, Access and Data ·       Dr Kalipso Chalkidou, WHO Director, Performance, Financing and Delivery Media contacts: For embargoed materials to be made available only from 4 December, please send requests to mediainquiries@who.int and  levind@who.int. WATCH LIVE!: Journalists and interested individuals can access more at Universal Health Coverage (UHC) High-level Forum, Watch the events live https://youtube.com/live/j0jwIIYTGeg?feature=share.   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