Evidence base
World Health Organization
WHO Launches Commission to Foster Social Connection
What it found
In November 2023, the World Health Organization announced the establishment of a Commission on Social Connection, co-chaired by Vivek Murthy and Chido Mpemba. The announcement frames loneliness and social disconnection as a global public health priority, explicitly rejecting the framing of loneliness as a concern limited to high-income countries.
Why it matters for practice
This is an announcement, not a research output: it signals institutional attention and framing rather than evidence or findings. Read it as context for why social connection is gaining traction as a commissioning and policy priority, not as a source of data to cite.