Young India Network for Good Health

South Asia is at a critical juncture right now. Every day, a sports stadium worth of youngsters join the workforce, but half of them don’t have the skills to handle 21st-century jobs. A recent press release by the Unicef lists the population percentage in each South Asian country who are on track to complete secondary education and also reach their learning benchmarks by 2030.  Sadly, only 47% of the young students in India will get the right skills at the right time. As per data produced by the Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Education), the Education Commission, and UNICEF,  India loses out to only Maldives (46%), Nepal (46%) and Pakistan (40%)  who are projected to see even fewer young students reach the right level of learning and skills to tackle the jobs of 2030. With the best projection among South Asian countries, Bhutan is set to see 81% of its students reach the learning outcomes by 2030. Read:  Why 33% of formally trained youth remaine...

Photo Courtesy :  Shubham Nada Health advocate  OPINION ....Our children are exposed to commercial marketing of junk- food, and sugary beverages that lead to purchase of unhealthy foods. Suneel Vatsyayan, chairman of Nada India, who has been working in the field of prevention of non communicable diseases [NCDs], considers alcohol and unhealthy diet as major risk factors for NCDs. He is a Steering Group member of Community of Practice [COP] hosted by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs and works with young people..... Prof. T K Thomas    Feb 25, 2020   Last week, Delhi witnessed a large number of weddings and food festivals. The week I am told, had auspices days for weddings. It is absolutely legitimate for parents in the Indian context to shower their affection on their children at such receptions by converting them into memorable events with great festivities, the finale of which is a lavish lunch or dinner. After attending one ...

  Indians traditional namkeen and mithai is getting healthier?  The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is in intense talks with traditional namkeen and sweet-makers, to reformulate their products by cutting down on salt, sugar and saturated fat levels. Manufacturers, which includes Haldiram, Bikanervala and Om Sweets. FSSAI is also looking to launch a brand or logo which will be displayed on the labels of products that have less sugar, salt, natural ingredients, pure khoya, paneer and milk with no added colours and zero transfat. This will create a common identity for such healthier traditional snack products. The logo will have the FSSAI validation and will be backed by scientific analysis. The regulator can have a logo like ‘‘Same Taste Better Health: FSSAI Verified.’’ FSSAI will collaborate with industry players and work with the scientific community, research institutions and other government bodies to come up with recommendations of threshold limits for...

Riya Nada India Youth Catalyst attended "Survivor's Day" organised by Indian Cancer Society on 6th February,2020 at Select Citywalk Mall Delhi . The event had a burst of colour and laughter celebrating the victory of people against cancer. There were dance and musical performances by survivors young and old as well as some professional groups who had all come together to create a joyous afternoon in the wake of World Cancer Day. What stuck with me were the words of a doctor from Max Hospital who said   "We fall sick alone, but we can heal in a community. Let's forms a human chain to combat cancer." World Cancer Day 2020: Cancer Prevention through Alcohol Policy Alcohol-related cancer deaths are a global public health crisis. For breast cancer globally, alcohol is the single biggest risk factor. In total, alcohol-related cancer causes 650.00 deaths every year. But awareness and understanding of the alcohol-cancer link remains shockingly low and a ...

We, the members of Young India Network for Good Health adopt the following  manifesto for immediate action on child and adolescent healt h  Place children and adolescents at the centre of our efforts to achieve sustainable development; New policies and investment in all sectors to work towards child health and rights; Incorporate children’s voices into policy decisions; Tighten national regulation of harmful commercial marketing, supported by a new Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Stop CO2 emissions with the utmost urgency, to ensure children have a future on this planet No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, finds a landmark report released today by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world. The Commission was convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet.  The report, A Future for the World’s Childr...

Nada India Foundation organized an experience based training workshop for the students of American India Foundation under their project "Engagement & Training of Young People as Health advocates for Prevention of NCDs" on 10th February,2020 at the office of American India Foundation. Through a series of activities, students explored and shared their stories as people caring for people living with Non Communicable Diseases and drew from the similarities of their individual stories to form the sorry of their community. They were eager to share this perspective and promote good health with their peer by taking up the internship offered by the organisation.