The National Household Health Survey – “Prevalence of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors” in Turkey

The World Health Organization (WHO) invites vendors to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for Implementation of National Household Health Survey – Prevalence of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Turkey” which address the following objectives:

1. to determine the prevalence of the most common behavioral and biological risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the general population aged ≥ 15 years;
2. to determine differences in the prevalence of risk factors between the sexes, across five age groups and across 12 regions described by level-1 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. The risk conditions will be grouped into behavioral factors understood as modifiable (tobacco use, harmful alcohol consumption, low consumption of fruits and vegetables, and physical inactivity etc.) and biological factors considered controllable (hypertension, overweight and obesity, high blood sugar and increased total cholesterol etc.).
3. to show the current prevalence of NCD risk factors among the Turkish population and enable to make comparisons with the results of the National Household Health Survey – Prevalence of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Turkey, conducted in 2017 using the WHO-approved STEPwise survey method https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/WHO-Turkey-Risk-Factors-A4_ENG.08_10_2018.pdf?ua=1.
4. to obtain valuable information on NCD risk factors for people of five different age groups, both sexes and 12 regions, the results of the survey shall provide significant input for policy-makers.

WHO intends to invite selected vendors to participate in a formal solicitation, via a Request for Proposals (RFP), at a later stage, for the above requirements.  Complete details of the requirements will be included in the solicitation documents.