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New WHO Guidelines for Psychological Self-Help – The Model – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1271 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1271 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Keenan Constance Preamble This blog post is based on a World Health Organization Press Release dated June 1, 2026. Link at the end. Mental Health for Millions: Why WHO's New Self-Help Guide Could Change the Future of Psychological Care Mental health has become one of the defining public health challenges of our time. Anxiety, depression, chronic stress, grief, trauma, loneliness, and emotional exhaustion have become increasingly common across every region of the world. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed existing vulnerabilities, humanitarian crises continue to traumatize communities, and economic uncertainty has added new layer...

The Next Era of Medicine is Personal – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1270 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1270 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Gustavo Fring Preamble This blog post is based on an interview with CEO of Moderna Technologies, Mr. Stéphane Bancel. Interview done by McKinsey panel. Link at the end. The Next Era of Healthcare Is Personal: From Treating Diseases to Understanding People For most of modern medical history, healthcare has followed a remarkably consistent model. A patient becomes sick. Symptoms appear, a diagnosis is made, and a treatment is prescribed. The goal has largely been to identify diseases and apply therapies that work for the average patient. That model has delivered extraordinary progress. Vaccines have eradicated deadly infections. Antibiotics hav...

Continuing Importance of Soft Skills in the Age of AI – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1269 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1269 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Ann H Credit: Magda Ehler Credit: Vitaly Gariev Preamble This blog post is based on an article from Harvard Business School faculty. Link at the end. Why Soft Skills Still Matter in the Age of AI Artificial Intelligence is transforming the workplace at a pace few could have imagined just a few years ago. AI can write reports, analyze data, generate code, summarize research, create presentations, and answer customer queries. As organizations rush to adopt AI, a common question has emerged: If machines are becoming smarter, will human skills become less important? The answer, surprisingly, appears to be the opposite. Recent res...

Is Your Organization Listening to Customers? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1268 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1268 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Gustavo Fring Preamble This blog post is based on an INSEAD article. Link at the end. What Happens When You Actually Listen to Customers? In boardrooms around the world, companies routinely proclaim that they are “customer-centric.” They conduct surveys, they measure satisfaction scores, they track complaints, and they monitor social media conversations. Yet a critical question remains: Do they actually listen? Not listen in the sense of collecting data. Not listen in the sense of producing reports. But listen in a way that leads to action. According to recent research highlighted by INSEAD, the answer to this question may determine w...

Ebola Strikes Again – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1267 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1267 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Abdulkadir Muhammad Sani Credit: Iyke Ibeh Preamble This blog post is based on several related documents from WHO, CDC, and MSF. Ebola Has Struck Again: Understanding the Disease, Its History, and the Global Fight Against It The world is once again confronting one of the most feared infectious diseases known to humanity: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). A new outbreak, centered in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and spreading into neighboring Uganda, has triggered global concern. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) because of its potential for regional...

First 90 Days on a New Job – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1266 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1266 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Alpha Trade Zone Preamble This blog post is based on the recommendations given by Michael Watkins during a Q&A session. He has also written a book on this subject. Link at the end. These days particularly, I see lot of movement in the pharma industry. Some very senior people from leadership positions are switching after serving long stints. This post is directed toward them especially. The First 90 Days: Why Your Fast Start in a New Job Matters More Than You Think Starting a new job is one of the most emotionally charged transitions in professional life. It brings excitement, anxiety, hope, uncertainty, and opportunity.  Whether you are a firs...