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

Table 2 Estimated percentage of children (age 6–17 years) requiring services for eye conditions

Global burden of disease super region	South-East Asia, East Asia & Oceania^* (%)	Sub-Saharan Africa^{^} (%)
Vision impairment (total)	17.0	2.0
Vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error	16.5	0.9
Non-vision impairing eye conditions	1.9	1.9
Total	18.9	3.9

^{*^}Estimates derived from data contained in the publication by He et al. [44] and Rono et al. [45]
^{^}Data reported was limited to vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error. An estimate of non-vision impairing eye conditions needing services in Sub-Saharan Africa was based on the He et al. data [44]

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