WHO Calls Loneliness A 'Pressing Health Threat' With Commission Launch
A report from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MPH, says that the health effects of loneliness can be as bad as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.
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A report from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MPH, says that the health effects of loneliness can be as bad as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.
Rights activist Hina Jillani nominated as member of "Commission on Social Connection".
A Zimbabwean woman, Ms Chipo Mpemba, has been appointed co-chair of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Commission on Social Connection.The Commission will have...
Commissioner Mpemba said that Social isolation knows no age boundaries, impacting 1 in 4 older individuals globally and 5-15% of adolescents.
“For too long loneliness has existed behind the shadows, unseen and under-appreciated,” draining communities of their wellbeing, Murthy said. “Now we have an opportunity to change that."