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  Youth Good Health Ambassador Nominations 2025–26 In Celebration of International Youth Day – 12 August 2025 Curated by Young India Network for Good Health Leaders | Nada India Foundation “Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires a seismic shift – which can only happen if we empower young people and work with them as equals.” — UN Secretary-General António Guterres  🟠 Theme of IYD 2025: “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond” Every August 12th, the world celebrates International Youth Day (IYD) to honour young people's leadership, courage, and contributions. In 2025 , the spotlight is on local youth action —how young people are translating global goals into grassroots realities. Nowhere was this theme more alive than at the ActOn Youth Forum 2024–25 , organized by Nada India Foundation through its Young India Network for Good Health , mentored by Vidya Lead Academy . Since 2020, ActOn Forums have created safe, youth-led spaces to discuss publ...

"Non-communicable diseases stay with you, often silently — they are static. But the lifestyle that shapes them is anything but silent; it's communicable, influencing the people and environment around you every day." — Suneel Vatsyayan , Life Coach ,Strategist and National Executive Member NAPSWI June was a month of reflection, action, and awakening for social work practitioners across the country. With three significant international days – World No Tobacco Day (May 31), World Environment Day (June 5), and International Day of Yoga (June 21) – aligning  closely with Mental Health Month, the intersections between health, environment, and  social well-being came into sharp focus. For those working at the grassroots level, these  observances were not mere commemorations, but reminders of the deeply interconnected  risk factors that underpin Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) – primarily tobacco use,  harmful use of alcohol, drug abuse, physical inactivity, unhe...