Executive summary 2020 will go down in history as the year when the global community was
awakened to the fragility of human health and the interdependence of the ecosystem …

Executive summary “As we embark on this great collective journey, we pledge that no one
will be left behind. Recognizing that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, we wish …

The global prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over the past 40 years, from
less than 1% in 1975, to 6–8% in 2016, among girls and boys, and from 3% to 11% among …

Background The burden of cardiovascular diseases is increasing in India, but a systematic
understanding of its distribution and time trends across all the states is not readily available …

Background The burden of diabetes is increasing rapidly in India but a systematic
understanding of its distribution and time trends is not available for every state of India. We …

Hypertension is the most important risk factor for chronic disease burden in India. Studies
from various parts of India have reported high prevalence of hypertension. These studies …

Objective Hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality. There is limited data on hypertension prevalence in India. This study was …

Type 2 diabetes has rapidly developed into a major public health problem in south Asia
(defined here as Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) in recent …

There has been a rapid escalation of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in developing countries, with
varied prevalence according to rural vs urban habitat and degree of urbanization. Some …

Background Evidence on where in the hypertension care process individuals are lost to
care, and how this varies among states and population groups in a country as large as India …