Kovin Naidoo
University of KwaZulu-Natal
186 Papers
501 Citations
Kovin Naidoo is an academic researcher from University of KwaZulu-Natal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 171 publications. Previous affiliations of Kovin Naidoo include Vision-Sciences, Inc. & International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.
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Papers
Framing professional programs within development projects: driving longer term recognition and integration
TL;DR: Health professions are regulated in order to ensure patient safety, as well as minimum standards of care and training within professions, so that graduate qualifications are legitimised and the longer term objectives of the development investment are supported.
Disability weights for vision disorders in Global Burden of Disease study.
Hugh R. Taylor,Jost B. Jonas,Jill E Keeffe,Janet L Leasher,Kovin Naidoo,Konrad Pesudovs,Serge Resnikoff +6 more
TL;DR: This study committed in this study to disability weights on the basis not of selective personal views— either their own or those of their expert collaborators—nor anecdote, but rather of responses from the more than 30 000 people who participated in the disability weights measurement surveys.
Global Mapping of Optometry Workforce
Kovin Naidoo,Pirindhavellie Govender-Poonsamy,Priya Morjaria,Sandra S. Block,Ving Fai Chan,Ai Chee Yong,Luigi Bilotto +6 more
- 18 Feb 2022
TL;DR: High-income countries met the target for optometrist-to-patient ratios, while low-to-, middle- income countries and low-income Countries did not meet the targets.
Effective refractive error coverage in adults aged 50 years and older: estimates from population-based surveys in 61 countries.
Rupert R A Bourne,Maria Vittoria Cicinelli,Tabassom Sedighi,Ian Tapply,Ian McCormick,Jost B. Jonas,Nathan Congdon,Jacqueline Ramke,Kovin Naidoo,Timothy R. Fricke,Matthew J. Burton,Andreas Müller,Mukharram M. Bikbov,João M. Furtado,Fatima Kyari,Mingguang He,Ya Xing Wang,Lingam Vijaya,Vinay Nangia,Garry Brian,Mohammad Hassan Emamian,Akbar Fotouhi,Hassan Hashemi,Rajiv Khandekar,Srinivas Marmamula,Solange Rios Salomão,Ronnie George,Gyulli M. Kazakbaeva,Tasanee Braithwaite,Robert J Casson,Aiko Iwase,Noopur Gupta,Mohammad Haris Abdianwall,Tien Yin Wong,Ningli Wang,Hugh R. Taylor,Seth Flaxman,Stuart Keel,Serge Resnikoff,Alain M. Bron,Ching-Yu Cheng,Arthur Gustavo Fernandes,David Friedman,Andrew Gazzard,Rim Kahloun,John H. Kempen,Moncef Khairallah,Van C. Lansingh,Janet L Leasher,Nicolas Leveziel,Hans Limburg,Michał S. Nowak,Konrad Pesudovs,Tunde Peto,Luca Poltronieri Rossetti,Nina Tahhan,Rohit Varma,Wondu Alemayehu,Aries Arditi,Reza Lavasani Dana,Monte A. Del Monte,J P Deva,Laura E. Dreer,Josh Ehrlich,Leon B. Ellwein,Bill Hammond,Mary Elizabeth Hartnett,April Ingram,Rohit C Khanna,Judy Kim,Alan R. Morse,David Musch,Maurizio Battaglia Parodi,Pradeep Y. Ramulu,Alan R. Robin,Janet B. Serle,Tueng T. Shen,Rita S. Sitorus,Dwight Stambolian,Fotis Topouzis,Miltiadis K. Tsilimbaris,Gianni Virgili,Sheila West,Jafer Kedir Ababora,Heba AlSawahli,Hery H Andriamanjato,Rosario Barrenechea,Juan Batlle,Anthea Burnett,Robert Finger,Marcelo Gallarreta,Pedro Arnulfo Gomez-Bastar,R. Gurung,Elesh Jain,George Kabona,Khumbo Kalua,Lévi Kandeke,Jefitha Karimurio,Susan A Kikira,Sucheta Kulkarni,Wanjiku Mathenge,Sailesh Mishra,Seyed-Farzad Mohammadi,Manfred Mörchen,Nasir Umar Muhammad,Grace Chipalo – Mutati,Maria Eugenia Nano,János Németh,Ala Paduca,Alexander Paez,Mansur M. Rabiu,Lutfah Rif’ati,Mohamad Aziz Salowi,Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota,Nicholas Edward Sargent,Ubeydulla Thoufeeq,Astrid Villalobos,Biaxiang Xiao,Mariano Yee Melgar,Xiu-Juan Zhang +119 more
TL;DR: The Vision Loss Expert Group analysed data from 565 448 participants of 169 population-based eye surveys conducted since 2000 to calculate effective refractive error coverage (eREC) as mentioned in this paper .
Mapping human resources for eye health in 21 countries of sub-Saharan Africa: current progress towards VISION 2020
Jennifer J. Palmer,Farai Chinanayi,Alice Gilbert,Devan Pillay,Samantha Fox,Jyoti Jaggernath,Kovin Naidoo,Ronnie Graham,Daksha Patel,Karl Blanchet +9 more
TL;DR: With only a minority of countries in the authors' sample having reached suggested ophthalmic cadre targets and none having reached targets for refractionists in 2011, substantially more targeted investment in HReH may be needed for VISION 2020 aims to be achieved in sub-Saharan Africa.