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World Inequality Report 2026 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1282 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1282 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: Dagerotip Credit: Junayid Hossain Credit: Maxim Gornachenok Credit: Rüveyda Preamble This blog post is based on the World Inequality Report 2026. The report is prepared by the World Inequality Lab. They started it in 2018, and this is their third report, issued every four years. The report benefitted from the support of the UNDP and the European Union under the Horizon 202 WISE grant and the ERC Synergy DINA grant.  Link to the full report at the end. The Great Divide: Why Inequality Has Become the Defining Challenge of Our Time Economic growth has transformed the world over the past two centuries. Hundreds of millions of people have escaped ext...

World Mental Health Report by WHO – Part 3 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1281 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1281 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: Alex Green Credit: Cami Credit: Meruyert Gonullu Preamble This blog post is based on a World Health Organization Report. The report is spread over 296 pages, but I shall try to summarize its findings in three posts. Link at the end. Building a Mentally Healthier Society: Prevention, Leadership and the Road Ahead Perhaps the most powerful message of the WHO report lies beyond healthcare. Mental health is not created in hospitals; it is created in homes, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and communities. The future of mental health depends less on treating illness, and more on creating societies in which people are more likely to thrive...

World Mental Health Report by WHO – Part 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1280 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1280 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: Karola G Credit: Marta Bronco Preamble This blog post is based on a World Health Organization Report. The report is spread over 296 pages, but I shall try to summarize its findings in three posts. Link at the end. Transforming Mental Health Systems: From Institutions to Communities The World Health Organization (WHO) made a compelling case that mental health is not merely the absence of illness but an essential component of human well-being, productivity, and social progress. Recognizing the problem, however, is only the beginning. The more difficult question is, why do millions of people around the world still fail to receive the menta...

World Mental Health Report by WHO – Part 1 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1279 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1279 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: Anastasia Shuraeva Credit: Ron Lach Preamble This blog post is based on a World Health Organization Report. The report is spread over 296 pages, but I shall try to summarize its findings in three posts. Link at the end. The Global Mental Health Crisis: Why the World Can No Longer Ignore It If someone asked you to name the world's greatest health challenges, you might mention cancer, heart disease, diabetes, infectious diseases, or climate-related health emergencies. Few people would immediately answer: Mental health. Yet according to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health has become one of the defining public health, social,...

World Economic and Social Outlook – Trends 2025 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1278 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1278 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: Masudar Rahman Credit: Pierre Mettel Preamble This blog post is based on recent report from International Labor Organization. Link at the end. The Global Jobs Challenge: Why Employment Growth Alone Is No Longer Enough For much of modern economic history, policymakers have relied on a simple assumption; if economies grow, jobs will follow. For decades, this relationship largely held true. Economic expansion created employment opportunities, lifted millions out of poverty, and improved living standards across the world. Today, however, that assumption is being tested. The International Labour Organization's (ILO) World Employment and...

Safe Blood Supply – A Global Health Essential – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1277 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1277 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: Frank Merino Credit: Saul Siguenza Preamble This blog post is based on a WHO June 2026 report. Link at the end. The Gift of Life: Why Safe Blood Supply Is a Global Health Imperative Every day, somewhere in the world, a mother experiencing severe bleeding during childbirth needs an urgent blood transfusion. A child with thalassemia depends on regular blood products to survive. A trauma victim arrives at an emergency room after a road accident. A cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy requires platelet support. In each of these situations, one resource can mean the difference between life and death: Safe blood. Blood transfusion is one...