Background: Learning losses does not mean forgetting only curricular learning but slipping back of fundamental learning abilities that learner would have acquired during schooling. School closures in India have severely disrupted learning processes of children resulting in learning losses and social gaps in academic outcomes. Though school closure…

Nationwide health goals for children should include providing quality health care for all preschool, school-age children and youth, and providing programs that modify life styles of children in ways that will improve health and develop an understanding of individual and societal responsibility for environmental quality. (JD)