Date: 8 December 2025
Time: 8:00–9:30am EST | 14:00–15:30 CET
Meeting ID: 986 9474 5632
Passcode: .W1MJT=@r3
Interpretation will be offered in French, Spanish, and Arabic. 
Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people receive the quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without incurring financial hardship. The Global Monitoring Report presents the most recent global data on progress towards UHC, using the revised monitoring framework for Sustainable Development Target 3.8 “Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection”. The report, co-produced by the World Health Organization and the World Bank, presents global and regional trends in health service coverage from 2000 to 2023, and in financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health spending from 2000 to 2022.
This event will present key findings from the upcoming report, focusing on interpreting the global trends. Discussants will provide perspectives on the new findings, on the challenges countries face in expanding service coverage while reducing financial protection, and on the needed policy changes.
This event is jointly organized by the World Bank, the World Health Organization, UHC2030, and the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage.
For more information, please contact Gil Shapira (World Bank) - gshapira@worldbank.orgor the WHO UHC monitoring team - uhc_stats@who.int.