Scientist wants Haryana to lead with mandatory health education to address air pollution

With the deterioration of the air quality across North India posing serious health risks to children, there arose the urgency for preventive health education.

A prominent scientist looks at the scenario as an opportunity for Haryana to pioneer the implementation of robust policy reforms including mandatory health education for youth.

Dr Rahul Mehra, India's National Representative for the UNESCO Chair in Global Health & Education, asserted that mandatory health education for children is the key to tide over the situation arising from atmospheric pollution. "I strongly believe health education should be compulsory for children in their formative years, towards this end we have begun an experiment the initial results of which are encouraging," he said.