Dr. Atul Pratap Singh* India needs solutions to several challenges that have damaged overall health and wellbeing of the people. These challenges are related to health, harmful effects of unhealthy food advertisements and eating habits, impurity of air, water and soil and vulnerability of regions to climate change. Human health and climate change should be an integral part of sustainability practices in the universities and college campuses as the youth may become the ambassador of change and development. Hence, we need to focus towards incorporating health, specifically health related to eating habits and eco-friendly environment into the sustainability movement taking place in higher educational institutions. It is expected that universities and college will take initiatives, become front liners and set the goals for environmental sustainability to launch the healthy and green campus initiatives and share information related to their experiment...
Young India Network is a youth (14-30 years) driven network for the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and its risk factors, formed with a vision of having a meaningful involvement of youth and People Living With NCDs in the advocacy of health agenda in India with a primary focus on alcohol and drug use as major risk factors for both communicable and NCDs. It aims to contribute in achieving the Goal 3 of Sustainable Development Goals,ensuring healthy lives .