Evidence base
World Health Organization
Young Leaders Call for Urgent Action to Tackle Social Isolation and Loneliness at the Global Model WHO 2025
What it found
At the Global Model WHO 2025, youth delegates called on national governments to embed social connection explicitly within health strategies, framing loneliness and social isolation as a priority for formal policy attention rather than an incidental concern.
Why it matters for practice
This is an advocacy signal, not a research finding: it shows youth constituencies pushing loneliness up the political agenda, which matters for funders and programme designers watching where mandates and money may follow, but it establishes no new evidence on what works.