Table 1.

Information gaps for designing NCD interventions

#	Information pre-requisite	Utility of information	Level of action (intervention)
1	Population burden of diabetes and hypertension, their risk factors	To plan adequate resources and infrastructure for screening and management, prevention, promotion	Facilities and frontline health workers in the community
2	Facility readiness to offer NCD care	To plan interventions to strengthen the availability and quality of NCD care	Health systems and Facility level
3	Community characteristics: Lifestyles, treatment adherence, out of pocket expenses.	To plan adequate prevention and health promotion measures	Facilities and frontline health workers in the community
4	Community characteristics: myths, beliefs and practices around hypertension and diabetes that affect health seeking and compliance	To plan educational and behaviour change initiatives	Individual, family and community level