Depression, anxiety cost world economy $1trn

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of World Health Organization

An estimated 12 billion workdays are lost annually due to depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly US$ 1 trillion, according to two new publications by the World Health Organisation and International Labour Congress on mental health at work say. COVID-19 triggered a 25 percent in

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