Lalit Dandona

Summary

Affiliation: Administrative Staff College of India
Country: India

Publications

  1. ncbi How much attention is needed towards men who sell sex to men for HIV prevention in India?
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Public Health 6:31. 2006
  2. ncbi The lack of public health research output from India
    Lalit Dandona
    Centre for Public Health Research, Administrative Staff College of India, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500 082, India
    BMC Public Health 4:55. 2004
  3. ncbi Outcome and number of cataract surgeries in India: policy issues for blindness control
    Lalit Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute and Centre for Social Services, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 31:23-31. 2003
  4. ncbi Enhancing the evidence base for HIV/AIDS control in India
    Lalit Dandona
    Centre for Public Health Research, Administrative Staff College of India, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, Andhra Pradesh, India
    Natl Med J India 17:160-6. 2004
  5. ncbi Estimation of blindness in India from 2000 through 2020: implications for the blindness control policy
    L Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Natl Med J India 14:327-34. 2001
  6. ncbi Revision of visual impairment definitions in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Med 4:7. 2006
  7. ncbi Conceptualizing health policy
    Lalit Dandona
    Centre for Social Services, College of India, Hyderabad
    Natl Med J India 15:226-31. 2002
  8. ncbi Sex behaviour of men who have sex with men and risk of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, India
    Lalit Dandona
    Centre for Public Health Research, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    AIDS 19:611-9. 2005
  9. ncbi Cost and efficiency of HIV voluntary counselling and testing centres in Andhra Pradesh, India
    L Dandona
    Centre for Public Health Research, Administrative Staff College of India, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, Andhra Pradesh, India
    Natl Med J India 18:26-31. 2005
  10. ncbi What is the global burden of visual impairment?
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Med 4:6. 2006

Detail Information

Publications72

  1. ncbi How much attention is needed towards men who sell sex to men for HIV prevention in India?
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Public Health 6:31. 2006
    ..Data on homosexual transmission are not readily available from India. We therefore assessed the probability of acquiring and transmitting HIV for men who sell sex to men and compared this with women who sell sex in India...
  2. ncbi The lack of public health research output from India
    Lalit Dandona
    Centre for Public Health Research, Administrative Staff College of India, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500 082, India
    BMC Public Health 4:55. 2004
    ..This information would help understand the areas in health research that need improvement in India to enhance the health of India's population...
  3. ncbi Outcome and number of cataract surgeries in India: policy issues for blindness control
    Lalit Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute and Centre for Social Services, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 31:23-31. 2003
    ..To assess what impact attention to quality of cataract surgery and postoperative follow up can have on cataract blindness in India, and to estimate the number of surgeries needed to eliminate cataract blindness in India...
  4. ncbi Enhancing the evidence base for HIV/AIDS control in India
    Lalit Dandona
    Centre for Public Health Research, Administrative Staff College of India, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, Andhra Pradesh, India
    Natl Med J India 17:160-6. 2004
    ....
  5. ncbi Estimation of blindness in India from 2000 through 2020: implications for the blindness control policy
    L Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Natl Med J India 14:327-34. 2001
    ..We used these population-based data to estimate blindness in India in 2000 and project the possible scenarios of blindness through 2020 with different emphases of the blindness control policy in India...
  6. ncbi Revision of visual impairment definitions in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Med 4:7. 2006
    ..New data and knowledge related to visual impairment that have accumulated over this period suggest that these definitions need to be revised...
  7. ncbi Conceptualizing health policy
    Lalit Dandona
    Centre for Social Services, College of India, Hyderabad
    Natl Med J India 15:226-31. 2002
    ..This would faclitate a long term view of what the health policy of India could achieve for the benefit of all segments of our society...
  8. ncbi Sex behaviour of men who have sex with men and risk of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, India
    Lalit Dandona
    Centre for Public Health Research, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    AIDS 19:611-9. 2005
    ..To obtain information on sex behaviour of a large sample of men who have sex with men (MSM) in India that would assist in planning HIV prevention...
  9. ncbi Cost and efficiency of HIV voluntary counselling and testing centres in Andhra Pradesh, India
    L Dandona
    Centre for Public Health Research, Administrative Staff College of India, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, Andhra Pradesh, India
    Natl Med J India 18:26-31. 2005
    ..However, systematic data on the cost and efficiency of providing VCT services in India are not available to help guide efficient use of resources for these services...
  10. ncbi What is the global burden of visual impairment?
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Med 4:6. 2006
    ..This estimate is quoted widely, but because it is based on definitions using best-corrected visual acuity, uncorrected refractive error as a cause of visual impairment is excluded...
  11. ncbi HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: outputs, cost and efficiency
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Public Health 5:98. 2005
    ..Systematic data on the outputs, cost and efficiency for HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers in India are not readily available to understand programme functioning and guide efficient use of resources...
  12. ncbi Cost and efficiency of public sector sexually transmitted infection clinics in Andhra Pradesh, India
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Health Serv Res 5:69. 2005
    ..Data on the cost and efficiency of providing STI services in India are not available to help guide efficient use of public resources for these services...
  13. ncbi Access to condoms for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh
    G Anil Kumar
    Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, Andhra Pradesh, India
    Natl Med J India 19:306-12. 2006
    ..Condom requirements were not met for three-fifths of the FSWs. HIV prevention programmes need to Increase access to free condoms for FSWs in Andhra Pradesh as access to condoms is a necessary prerequisite for condom use...
  14. ncbi Risk factors associated with HIV in a population-based study in Andhra Pradesh state of India
    Lalit Dandona
    George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
    Int J Epidemiol 37:1274-86. 2008
    ..Population-based data on risk factors associated with HIV are not readily available from India. This understanding, and an estimate of the impact of addressing behavioural factors on reducing HIV, would be useful...
  15. ncbi Outputs, cost and efficiency of public sector centres for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, India
    Lalit Dandona
    George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Health Serv Res 8:26. 2008
    ..PMTCT services are mostly provided at public sector government hospitals in India. Systematic data on the cost and efficiency of providing PMTCT services in India are not available readily for further planning...
  16. ncbi High risk of HIV in non-brothel based female sex workers in India
    Rakhi Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Public Health 5:87. 2005
    ..We assessed the non-use of condoms in sex work and with regular sex partners by female sex workers (FSWs), and identified its associations that could assist in planning HIV prevention programmes...
  17. ncbi Is the HIV burden in India being overestimated?
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Public Health 6:308. 2006
    ....
  18. ncbi HIV testing among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India
    Rakhi Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    AIDS 19:2033-6. 2005
    ..The risk of HIV infection as a result of the non-use of condoms was higher among FSW who reported not having been tested and were also unwilling to get tested, and they also held significantly more negative beliefs about HIV/AIDS...
  19. ncbi Economic analysis of HIV prevention interventions in Andhra Pradesh state of India to inform resource allocation
    Lalit Dandona
    George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India
    AIDS 23:233-42. 2009
    ..To conduct composite economic analysis of HIV prevention interventions to inform efficient utilization of resources in India...
  20. ncbi Changing cost of HIV interventions in the context of scaling-up in India
    Lalit Dandona
    George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India
    AIDS 22:S43-9. 2008
    ..A rapid scaling up of HIV interventions in India is anticipated, but systematic information on how costs of HIV interventions change over time and programme scale is not available to inform planning...
  21. ncbi Outputs and cost of HIV prevention programmes for truck drivers in Andhra Pradesh, India
    S G Prem Kumar
    George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:82. 2009
    ..HIV prevention programmes for truck drivers form part of the HIV control efforts, but systematic data on the outputs and cost of providing such services in India are not readily available for further planning and use of resources...
  22. ncbi Fear of blindness and perceptions about blind people. The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study
    Pyda Giridhar
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 50:239-46. 2002
    ..This reflects the need for increasing awareness about blindness in this population through eye health promotion strategies in order to reduce blindness, and awareness regarding the availability of rehabilitation services...
  23. ncbi A population-based study of human immunodeficiency virus in south India reveals major differences from sentinel surveillance-based estimates
    Lalit Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    BMC Med 4:31. 2006
    ..The validity of these extrapolations has not been systematically examined with a large sample population-based study...
  24. ncbi Population-based assessment of refractive error in India: the Andhra Pradesh eye disease study
    Rakhi Dandona
    International Centre forAdvancement of Rural Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute, and Centre for Social Services, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 30:84-93. 2002
    ..To assess the prevalence, distribution, and demographic associations of refractive error in the population of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh...
  25. ncbi Population-based study of spectacles use in southern India
    Rakhi Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 50:145-55. 2002
    ....
  26. ncbi Refractive error in children in a rural population in India
    Rakhi Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 43:615-22. 2002
    ..Because visual impairment can have a significant impact on a child's life in terms of education and development, it is important that effective strategies be developed to eliminate this easily treated cause of visual impairment...
  27. ncbi Application of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 BED enzyme immunoassay on dried blood spots in India
    Vemu Lakshmi
    Department of Microbiology, Nizam s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
    J Med Microbiol 58:312-7. 2009
    ..Correlation of the BED assay with panel testing and longitudinal incidence data in the Indian population is needed to calibrate it for use in India...
  28. ncbi Planning low vision services in India : a population-based perspective
    Rakhi Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    Ophthalmology 109:1871-8. 2002
    ..6 (95% confidence interval, 8.4-12.8) million people would have low vision. CONCLUSIONS: These data imply that there is a significant burden of low vision in this population, suggesting the need for low vision services...
  29. ncbi Risky behavior of drivers of motorized two wheeled vehicles in India
    Rakhi Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    J Safety Res 37:149-58. 2006
    ..We report on the availability of drivers licenses, use of a helmet, driver behavior, and condition of vehicles for MTV drivers in Hyderabad, a city in India..
  30. ncbi Ocular trauma in an urban population in southern India: the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study
    L Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 28:350-6. 2000
    ..To assess the cumulative prevalence of ocular trauma and presence of vision loss due to ocular trauma in an urban population in southern India...
  31. ncbi Blindness in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
    L Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 42:908-16. 2001
    ..To determine the current prevalence and causes of blindness in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to assess if blindness has decreased since the last survey of 1986-1989...
  32. ncbi Drop of HIV estimate for India to less than half
    Lalit Dandona
    George Institute for International Health-India, Hyderabad, 500033 Andhra Pradesh, India
    Lancet 370:1811-3. 2007
  33. ncbi Road use pattern and risk factors for non-fatal road traffic injuries among children in urban India
    Rakhi Dandona
    Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India Health Studies Area, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India School of Public Health and George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Injury 42:97-103. 2011
    ..We assessed the road use pattern and incidence and risk factors of non-fatal road traffic injuries (RTI) among children aged 5–14 years in Hyderabad, India...
  34. ncbi Population based assessment of uveitis in an urban population in southern India
    L Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Br J Ophthalmol 84:706-9. 2000
    ..To assess the prevalence of active and inactive uveitis unrelated to previous surgery or trauma in an urban population in southern India...
  35. ncbi Incidence and burden of road traffic injuries in urban India
    R Dandona
    George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India
    Inj Prev 14:354-9. 2008
    ..The scale of road traffic injuries (RTIs) in India is uncertain because of limitations in the availability and reliability of incidence data...
  36. ncbi Angle-closure glaucoma in an urban population in southern India. The Andhra Pradesh eye disease study
    L Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Ophthalmology 107:1710-6. 2000
    ..To assess the prevalence and features of angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) in an urban population in southern India...
  37. ncbi Open-angle glaucoma in an urban population in southern India: the Andhra Pradesh eye disease study
    L Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Ophthalmology 107:1702-9. 2000
    ..To assess the prevalence and features of open-angle glaucoma in an urban population in southern India...
  38. ncbi Corneal blindness in a southern Indian population: need for health promotion strategies
    R Dandona
    Centre for Social Services, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    Br J Ophthalmol 87:133-41. 2003
    ..To assess the distribution and causes of corneal blindness in a population in southern India...
  39. ncbi Moderate visual impairment in India: the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study
    R Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Br J Ophthalmol 86:373-7. 2002
    ..To assess the prevalence and demographic associations of moderate visual impairment in the population of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh...
  40. ncbi Under-reporting of road traffic injuries to the police: results from two data sources in urban India
    R Dandona
    George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India
    Inj Prev 14:360-5. 2008
    ..To report the magnitude of under-reporting of road traffic injury (RTI) to the police from population-based and hospital-based data in the urban population of Hyderabad, India...
  41. ncbi Refractive errors in an urban population in Southern India: the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study
    R Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 40:2810-8. 1999
    ..To assess the prevalence, distribution, and demographic associations of refractive error in an urban population in southern India...
  42. ncbi Childhood blindness in India: a population based perspective
    R Dandona
    Centre for Social Services, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    Br J Ophthalmol 87:263-5. 2003
    ..To estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness in children in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh...
  43. ncbi Patterns of road traffic injuries in a vulnerable population in Hyderabad, India
    R Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
    Inj Prev 12:183-8. 2006
    ..To describe patterns of road traffic injuries (RTI) in a vulnerable population-pedestrians and users of motorized two-wheeled vehicles (MTVs)-in Hyderabad, India...
  44. ncbi Review of findings of the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study: policy implications for eye-care services
    R Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 49:215-34. 2001
    ..1 million and 31.6 million in 2010 and 2020 respectively, if the current trend continues. This review summarizes the findings of APEDS and discusses the implications of these data on the policy and planning of eye-care services...
  45. ncbi Traffic law enforcement in Hyderabad, India
    Rakhi Dandona
    Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500 082, India
    Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 12:167-76. 2005
    ..Recommendations to enhance TLE within the given resources of the police are made. More effort is needed towards systematic collection and analysis of data on TLE in India to facilitate long-term improvements in TLE for safer roads...
  46. ncbi Economic burden of blindness in India
    B R Shamanna
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 46:169-72. 1998
    ..5.3 billion (US$ 0.15 billion). Similar estimates for causes of blindness other than cataract have to be made in order to develop a comprehensive approach to deal with blindness in India...
  47. ncbi Is current eye-care-policy focus almost exclusively on cataract adequate to deal with blindness in India?
    L Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Lancet 351:1312-6. 1998
    ..No current population-based data on the causes of blindness in India are available. We assessed the rate and causes of blindness in an urban population in southern India...
  48. ncbi Population-based assessment of the outcome of cataract surgery in an urban population in southern India
    L Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Am J Ophthalmol 127:650-8. 1999
    ..To assess the outcome of cataract surgery in an urban population in southern India...
  49. ncbi Planimetric optic disc parameters in normal eyes: a population-based study in South India
    G C Sekhar
    VST Centre for Glaucoma Care, and Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 49:19-23. 2001
    ..To study the optic disc parameters of normal eyes in a population-based south Indian study...
  50. ncbi Utilization of and barriers to public sector tuberculosis services in India
    Rakhi Dandona
    Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500082, India
    Natl Med J India 17:292-9. 2004
    ..We assessed the utilization of and barriers to the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) services based on DOTS in 4 states of India, and recommend actions to optimize utilization of the RNTCP services...
  51. ncbi Causes of corneal graft failure in India
    L Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 46:149-52. 1998
    ..Knowledge about these associations can be helpful in looking for and aggressively treating these modifiable risk factors in the at-risk categories of corneal graft patients. This can possibly reduce the chance of graft failure...
  52. ncbi Indications for penetrating keratoplasty in India
    L Dandona
    Public Health Opthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 45:163-8. 1997
    ..Indications for PK which carry a poorer prognosis for graft survival are relatively more common in India than in the developed world...
  53. ncbi Developing a model to reduce blindness in India: The International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care
    L Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 46:263-8. 1998
    ..With balanced attention to infrastructure, manpower, financial self-sustenance, and future planning, ICARE intends to develop a practical model to effectively reduce blindness in India on a long-term basis...
  54. ncbi Planning to reduce childhood blindness in India
    L Dandona
    Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 46:117-22. 1998
    ..These recommendations along with background information about childhood blindness are presented in this paper...
  55. ncbi Refractive error blindness
    R Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500 034, India
    Bull World Health Organ 79:237-43. 2001
    ..Long-term success in reducing refractive error blindness worldwide will require attention to these issues within the context of comprehensive approaches to reduce all causes of avoidable blindness...
  56. ncbi Awareness of eye diseases in an urban population in southern India
    R Dandona
    International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad 500 034, India
    Bull World Health Organ 79:96-102. 2001
    ..To assess the level of awareness of eye diseases in the urban population of Hyderabad in southern India...
  57. ncbi Statistical analysis: the need, the concept, and the usage
    T J Naduvilath
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 46:51-8. 1998
    ..It is felt that this understanding would facilitate well designed investigations ultimately leading to higher quality practice of ophthalmology in our country...
  58. ncbi Design of a population-based study of visual impairment in India: The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study
    R Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 45:251-7. 1997
    ..Information from the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study is expected to help in planning and implementation of effective long-term preventive, curative, and rehabilitative eye care services in Andhra Pradesh...
  59. ncbi A method of scoring automated visual fields to determine field constriction causing blindness
    L Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Indian J Ophthalmol 46:93-6. 1998
    ..Standardised determination of visual field constriction with automated perimetry could be useful in more accurate estimation of blindness in surveys, as well as in assessing eligibility for being classified as blind for legal benefits...
  60. ncbi Evaluation of the Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination assay when used with dried blood spots
    V Lakshmi
    Department of Microbiology, Nizam s Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad, India
    Clin Microbiol Infect 13:1134-6. 2007
    ....
  61. ncbi Awareness of eye donation in an urban population in India
    R Dandona
    Public Health Ophthalmology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
    Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 27:166-9. 1999
    ..Awareness of eye donation and willingness to pledge eyes for donation was assessed in the urban population of Hyderabad, India, where corneal blindness is a significant problem...
  62. ncbi Estimation of global visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error
    Lalit Dandona
    Bull World Health Organ 86:B-C; author reply C. 2008
  63. ncbi Prevalence and causes of functional low vision in school-age children: results from standardized population surveys in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
    Clare E Gilbert
    International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49:877-81. 2008
    ....
  64. ncbi Academic medicine and health improvements in India
    Lalit Dandona
    Natl Med J India 18:53-8. 2005
  65. ncbi HIV prevention costs and program scale: data from the PANCEA project in five low and middle-income countries
    Elliot Marseille
    Institute of Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    BMC Health Serv Res 7:108. 2007
    ..Information on the relationship between scale and unit costs is critical to project the cost of global HIV prevention efforts and to allocate prevention resources efficiently...
  66. ncbi HIV/AIDS control in India
    Lalit Dandona
    Lancet 360:1789. 2002
  67. ncbi Assessing the efficiency of HIV prevention around the world: methods of the PANCEA project
    Elliot Marseille
    Health Serv Res 39:1993-2012. 2004
    ..These methods can provide comprehensive services and cost data, which may carry valuable information for the allocation of HIV prevention resources...
  68. ncbi Reflections after Mexico
    Lalit Dandona
    Lancet 365:1028-9. 2005
  69. ncbi Why do we overlook data from our own country?
    Rakhi Dandona
    Natl Med J India 15:179; author reply 179-80. 2002
  70. ncbi Open letter to the leader of academic medicine
    John P A Ioannidis
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
    BMJ 334:191-3. 2007
  71. ncbi Academic medicine: time for reinvention: public health sciences need strengthening in developing countries
    Lalit Dandona
    BMJ 328:47; author reply 49. 2004
  72. ncbi Clinical trials in India: balancing economic opportunity with the public health context
    Lalit Dandona
    Natl Med J India 19:57-9. 2006