REMINDER: Embargoed virtual press conference on the WHO/UNICEF estimates on national child immunization coverage - Tuesday, 14 July at 14:00 CEST/12.00 GMT

No images? Click here Monday, 13 July 2026 Embargoed until 00.01 GMT / 02.01 CEST on 15 July 2026 REMINDER MEDIA ADVISORY  Virtual press conference on the WHO/UNICEF estimates on national child immunization coverage   When: Tuesday, 14 July 2026 at 12.00 GMT/14.00 CEST   What: WHO and UNICEF are gearing up to release the latest Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) – the world’s largest dataset on childhood immunization coverage trends for 13 vaccine-preventable diseases across 195 countries.   This embargoed press briefing, held one day before the public launch, will provide early access to the data. Experts from WHO and UNICEF will explain how countries are progressing in reaching every child with life-saving vaccines and advancing the targets of the Immunization Agenda 2030. The dataset offers a critical assessment of global immunization progress, highlighting where coverage has stalled or declined, as well as where countries have made significant gains.  For an advance copy of the data, please reach out to mediainquiries@who.int and salhattab@unicef.org.  All data are embargoed until 00.01 GMT / 02.01 CEST on 15 July 2026.   Speakers:  Dr Ephrem T Lemango, Associate Director for Health, and Global Chief of Immunization, UNICEF   Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO   Join by Zoom:  Link: https://who.zoom.us/j/92646676722 Password: 14&WUENIC Join by Phone: International numbers available: https://who.zoom.us/u/acWuxSufW0 Webinar ID: 926 4667 6722 Password: 040611240 Notes to journalists When you join the virtual press conference, 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.  Only questions from the media are allowed during the press conference.  Media contacts: WHO: mediainquiries@who.int UNICEF: Sara Alhattab, Tel: +1 917 957 6536,  salhattab@unicef.org       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