A Review on Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors and Their Trends

India has been slow to respond to NCD risk factor monitoring, as data is inconsistent as well as inadequate. Standard WHO Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) risk factors questions must always be added to continuing surveys to promote information comprehensiveness. India should also prepare for a low-cost, time efficient NCD monitoring system. The significance of local research capability & involvement of contextually applicable study in advising policy & practice is crucial, as the NCD epidemic is growing quickly in low/mid-income countries (LMICs). Research capacity strengthening (RCS) measures are very significant in this aspect. In the present analysis, NCD research capacity development techniques were reviewed and summarized. NCD-RCS initiatives established and analyzed by the LMICs and reported since 2000, using systemic and other literature searches. Data was extracted via a semi-structured checklist from published papers & websites relevant to these initiatives. Then, extracted program design details, stakeholders, including focus countries, length of the initiative, targeted researchers, focus on diseases, fields of skill and capability, and sources of funding have been obtained. The data extracted were further reviewed and ultimately synthesized in a literary narrative. India is a 1.3 billion populated country. Around 5.87 million (60%) of all deaths in India are caused by NCDs. Therefore, this paper aims to obtain basic data regarding diverse NCD risk factors & evaluate their trends in India.