Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of death and disability in Sri Lanka and elsewhere in South Asia. The Strengthening Health systems by Improving Noncommunicable disease Epidemiology in Sri Lanka (SHINES), in this regard, has been designed as a prospective study resource of ~10,000 community-based people from Sri Lanka.

SHINES study includes several inter-related components to study potential environmental, biochemical and hereditary risk factors of cardiometabolic and other NCDs in Sri Lanka and serves as a population platform for next-generation NCD prevention trials.

The initial phase of the ongoing study has been funded by the Lyca-Health Initiative.