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Risk factors associated with HIV in a population-based study in Andhra Pradesh state of IndiaLalit 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...- Changing cost of HIV interventions in the context of scaling-up in IndiaLalit 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... 
Drop of HIV estimate for India to less than halfLalit Dandona
George Institute for International Health-India, Hyderabad, 500033 Andhra Pradesh, India
Lancet 370:1811-3. 2007- Economic analysis of HIV prevention interventions in Andhra Pradesh state of India to inform resource allocationLalit 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... 
Crash characteristics and patterns of injury among hospitalized motorised two-wheeled vehicle users in urban IndiaMichael Fitzharris
George Institute for International Health and School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
BMC Public Health 9:11. 2009..Motorised two-wheeled vehicles (MTV) constitute a large portion of the vehicle fleet in India. We report the crash characteristics and injury patterns among a cohort of MTV riders and pillions presenting to hospital post-crash...- HIV prevention costs and program scale: data from the PANCEA project in five low and middle-income countriesElliot 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... - Outputs, cost and efficiency of public sector centres for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaLalit 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... - Access to condoms for female sex workers in Andhra PradeshG 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... - HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: outputs, cost and efficiencyLalit 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... - 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... - 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.... - Cost and efficiency of public sector sexually transmitted infection clinics in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaLalit 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... - High risk of HIV in non-brothel based female sex workers in IndiaRakhi 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... - HIV testing among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaRakhi 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... - A population-based study of human immunodeficiency virus in south India reveals major differences from sentinel surveillance-based estimatesLalit 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... - Outputs and cost of HIV prevention programmes for truck drivers in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaS 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... - Application of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 BED enzyme immunoassay on dried blood spots in IndiaVemu 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... - Fear of blindness and perceptions about blind people. The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease StudyPyda 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... - Population-based assessment of refractive error in India: the Andhra Pradesh eye disease studyRakhi 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... - Sex behaviour of men who have sex with men and risk of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaLalit 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... - Population-based study of spectacles use in southern IndiaRakhi Dandona
International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
Indian J Ophthalmol 50:145-55. 2002.... - Outcome and number of cataract surgeries in India: policy issues for blindness controlLalit 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... - Road use pattern and risk factors for non-fatal road traffic injuries among children in urban IndiaRakhi 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... - Risky behavior of drivers of motorized two wheeled vehicles in IndiaRakhi 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.. - Crashes involving motorised rickshaws in urban India: characteristics and injury patternsUli Schmucker
George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India George Institute for International Health and School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Traffic Crash Research Unit, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Sauerbruchstrasse, Germany
Injury 42:104-11. 2011..This study aims to describe the crash characteristics and injury patterns for motorised rickshaw occupants and the road users hit-by-motorised rickshaw in urban India... - Revision of visual impairment definitions in the International Statistical Classification of DiseasesLalit 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... - Utilization of and barriers to public sector tuberculosis services in IndiaRakhi 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... - 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... - Enhancing the evidence base for HIV/AIDS control in IndiaLalit 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.... - Refractive error in children in a rural population in IndiaRakhi 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...