Himachal University entrusted the work to conduct NFHS

The Population Research Centre of Himachal Pradesh University will conduct the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) in Himachal Pradesh.
The Population Research Centre got the Rs 2.08 crore project after a tough technical and financial bid and the sample would consist of 9,120 households spread over all twelve districts of Himachal.
Technical assistance for NFHS-4 is provided by ORG Macro (US) and IIPS Mumbai, while the funding has been provided by USAID, DFID, UNICEF, UNFPA and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) programme, initiated in the early 1990s, has emerged as a nationally important source of data on population, health and nutrition for India and its states, Himachal University Vice chancellor A D N Bajpai said.

The 2015-16 National Family Health Survey is the fourth in the series of these national surveys, he said, adding that was earlier surveys NFHS surveys were conducted in 1992-93, 1998-99 and 2005-06.
In addition, NFHS provides information on several new and emerging issues, including family life, education, safe injections, prenatal mortality, adolescent reproductive health, high-risk sexual behavior, tuberculosis, and malaria, Bajpai said.
For the first time, estimates of HIV prevalence among women age 15-49 and men age 15-54 in India and some selected states were given, he added.