EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

The Importance of Social Health: The Missing Pillar of Health

In this episode, Wijedoru explains what social health really means and why it has been neglected for so long. Drawing on WHO frameworks and global experience, he explores how poor social health affects patients, communities, and healthcare systems, and why prevention must start with connection.Timestamps:01:10 – Background03:27 – Storytelling05:25 – Social health10:04 – WHO commission