{"id":271102,"date":"2023-11-25T20:16:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=271102"},"modified":"2023-11-25T20:16:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:46:33","slug":"commission-on-social-connection-launched-by-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/commission-on-social-connection-launched-by-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission on Social Connection launched by WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>Commission on Social Connection launched by WHO<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cWHO\u201d on 15th November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a Commission on Social Connection.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the Commission on Social Connection?<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Specifications<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Details<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Launched by<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Health Organization (WHO)\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Aim<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To address loneliness as a pressing health threat.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) To promote social connection as a priority and<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) To accelerate the scaling up of solutions in countries of all incomes.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Duration of the commission<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 year initiative (2024-26)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Functions of the commission<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) It <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will define a global agenda on social connection.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) Analyze the role social connection plays in improving health for people of all ages.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) Raise awareness<br \/>\n4) Build collaborations that will drive evidence-based solutions for countries, communities and individuals.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Composition<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consists of 11 leading policy-makers, thought leaders and advocates<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Secretariat based at<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHO<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>What is Social Isolation?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Social isolation is defined as a<strong> lack of social relationships and loneliness<\/strong> as well as the social pain of <strong>not feeling connected<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) According to a study, one in every four older persons is socially isolated and 5% to 15% of teenagers suffer loneliness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) <\/span><b>Impact<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Social isolation can lead to poor educational achievements; young people who are lonely in high school are more likely to drop out of college.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It can also have a negative economic impact; feeling alienated and unsupported at work can lead to lower job satisfaction and performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Social Issues\/ International Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cCommission on Social Connection launched by WHO\u201d published in \u201cWHO\u201d on 15th November 2023 Why in the News? The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a Commission on Social Connection. What is the Commission on Social Connection? Specifications Details Launched by World Health Organization (WHO)\u00a0 Aim 1)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/commission-on-social-connection-launched-by-who\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Commission on Social Connection launched by WHO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1236],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-271102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":5,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700951471},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}