NATIONAL NCD MONITORING SURVEY (NNMS)-Household and Adult

The National NCD monitoring framework has 21 indicators, of which three are related to adolescents (defined as 10-19 years age group), and the remaining are related to adults (18-69 years age group) and health system response.

The present survey covered the age range of 15-69 years which included adolescents between 15-17 years. 1.4

Primary objective of the study is to generate national level estimates of key NCD related indicators (risk factors and health systems response) identified in the national NCD monitoring framework for the year 2017-18.

Secondary objectives are

To set a baseline to track changes and monitor future trends in the prevalence of risk factors associated with NCDs at the national level.

To create a central and regional pool of resources (capacities, protocols, standard tools, training manuals etc.) to support conduct of similar surveys at State level.