Kovin Naidoo

TL;DR: It is concluded that in 2010, uncorrected refractive error continues as the leading cause of vision impairment and the second lead cause of blindness worldwide, affecting a total of 108 million people or 1 in 90 persons.

TL;DR: Assessing the number of individuals visually impaired or blind due to glaucoma and to examine regional differences and temporal changes in this parameter for the period from 1990 to 2012 found figures were lower in regions with younger populations than in high-income regions with relatively old populations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated the global burden of potential productivity lost due to uncorrected functional presbyopia in each country in 2011 and calculated the loss with the conservative assumption that the contribution to productivity extends only up to 50 years of age.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors provided a comparative assessment of global health spending at the onset of the pandemic; characterised the amount of development assistance for pandemic preparedness and response disbursed in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and examined expectations for future health spending and put into context the expected need for investment in pandemic emergency preparedness.