A School Eye Health Rapid Assessment (SEHRA) planning tool: Module to survey the magnitude and nature of local needs

Table 1 Vision impairment in school-age children (age 6–17 years) in the GBD super regions

Global burden of disease super region	Prevalence of vision impairment (%)
Central Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia	1.9^* [51] –17^* [44]
High Income	1.2^* [52] –5.2^{^} [53]
Latin America & Caribbean	5.8^† [54] –12.8^* [55]
North Africa & Middle East	2.7^* [56] –8.9^¶ [57]
South Asia	1.49^* [58] –1.7^* [59]
South-East Asian, East Asia & Oceania	5.9^* [60]
Sub-Saharan Africa	3.4^* [61] – 3.93^† [62]

^†Presenting visual acuity < 6/12 in the better eye ^*Presenting visual acuity ≤ 6/12 in the better eye ^{^}Presenting visual acuity < 6/9 in the better eye ^¶Presenting visual acuity ≤ 6/9 in the better eye

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