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Urban Health - The New Global Imperative– Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1247 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1247 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: Burst Credit: Malcoln Olivieri Credit: Sophie Dale Preamble This blogpost is based on recent reports of World Health Organization. Healthy Cities, Healthy Futures: Why Urban Health Is the Next Global Imperative In the 21st century, the future of global health will not be decided in hospitals alone, it will be shaped in cities. A recent announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO) following the 2026 Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit sends a powerful message: Cities are now the front line of global health transformation As more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and that number continues to rise, the desig...

 Change Within to Change Outside – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1246 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1246 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: Kampus Production Preamble This blogpost is based on a McKinsey article which takes insights from the book “Winning fron Within’ by Erica Ariel Fox (Harvard). Link at the end. Change Leader, Change Thyself: Why Real Transformation Begins Within Organizational change is one of the most talked-about, and among the most misunderstood, topics in leadership. Companies invest heavily in strategy, restructuring, technology, and processes, yet a large proportion of transformation efforts still fail. Why? A powerful insight from McKinsey & Company’s article “Change Leader, Change Thyself” provides a deceptively simple answer: Organizations don’t ...

Why Employees Training Pays Twice – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1245 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1245 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: Artem Podrez Credit: Christina Morillo Credit: Yan Krukau Preamble This blogpost is based on a research by Professor Christopher T. Stanton and Professor Miguel Espinosa, forthcoming in the Journal of Political Economy, as reported in Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Link at the end. Why Employee Training Is Worth Twice What You Think Most organizations calculate the return on training by asking a simple question: did the people we trained get better at their jobs? New research from Harvard Business School suggests that question, while reasonable, captures less than half the story. Companies in the United States spend roughly $1,200 pe...

  New Centralized Role of Pharmacies – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1244 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1244 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: BYB BYB Credit: Ivan S Credit: Jose Ismael Espinola Preamble This blogpost is based on a discussion with Ms. Nishaminy Kasbekar, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer for University of Pennsylvania Health System. Link at the end. From Dispensers to Decision-Makers: Why Pharmacy Must Be Central to Patient Care For decades, pharmacies were viewed as the final step in the healthcare journey, a place where prescriptions were filled and handed over the counter. Pharmacists were often seen as support staff, working behind the scenes, with limited visibility in patient outcomes. That model is rapidly becoming obsolete. A recent conversation...

  Pakistan Ranking in Happiness Report 2026 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1243 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1243 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: Huzaifa Irfan Credit: Waseem Saleem Credit: Zain Islam Preamble This blogpost is based on the Pakistan ranking in the Gallup® World Happiness Report 2026. Why Pakistanis Are Happier Than Expected – And What Still Holds Us Back When global rankings place Pakistan in the lower half of the World Happiness Report, the immediate reaction is often predictable: concern, criticism, or resignation. With an average life evaluation score hovering around 4.8 out of 10 and a ranking near the 100-mark globally, Pakistan does not appear to be a particularly happy country. Yet, beneath these numbers lies a paradox that deserves deeper reflection....

  Gallup® World Happiness Report 2026 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1242 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1242 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: August de Richelieu Credit: Jb Jorge Barreto Credit: Pranavsinh Suratia Preamble This blogpost is based on the Gallup® World Happiness Report 2026. Link at the end. The World Happiness Report 2026: What It Reveals About Happiness in a Divided, Digital World In an era defined by technological advancement, economic complexity, and geopolitical uncertainty, one fundamental question remains at the heart of human progress: Are we becoming happier? The latest findings from the World Happiness Report 2026, based on global data from the Gallup World Poll, offer a nuanced and, at times, troubling answer. While some regions continue to thrive in ...