The initial two weeks’ analysis of RAPCO study was selected for two oral presentations in ASCASS 2019 and one of the paper received “commended paper” among 57 free papers submitted to the conference. The papers presented were on prevention on the increasing risk of NCD in relation to pregnancy and beyond and were titled “Giving birth to many children; Does it alter the body shape? A cross sectional study among pregnant mothers in Anuradhapura” and Improving detection of heart disease in Pregnancy; preliminary analysis