This paper describes the status, challenges and scope for strengthening surveillance of chronic disease risk factors …, 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 …

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 …

of disease prevalence into a human capital augmented production function, which enables us to determine the economic …, this approach allows us to account for i) variations in human capital for workers in different age groups, ii) mortality …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …

expectancy, and the value of life depend on individual characteristics, medical technology, and the disease environment. We then …