, morbidities and mortality in India. We draw upon the surveillance experience of four selected States of India namely Uttar Pradesh … systematic population-based chronic disease surveillance in India. Although there are no immediate policy goals to ensure …This paper describes the status, challenges and scope for strengthening surveillance of chronic disease risk factors …

that have been distinguished by Zweifel, Felder and Meier (1999), viz. the cost of morbidity and the cost of mortality … (their "red herring" hypothesis claims that neglecting the mortality component results in excessive estimates of future …

premature mortality. In India, 66 percent of all deaths are premature. The burden of premature mortality has shifted from child …-à-vis the former level. Nevertheless, primary health systems continue to focus almost exclusively on child mortality. They need … to make a health system transition and get engaged in the prevention of risk factors, morbidity and mortality related to …

outpatient cost-sharing measurably increases mortality, raising 8-year mortality by 4 deaths per 10,000 individuals. To the best … of our knowledge, this study is the first to show a relationship between cost-sharing and adult mortality risk in a low …