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Table 3 Sample size required for surveys in South-East Asia, East Asia & Oceania and Sub-Saharan Africa

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

Global burden of disease super region

South-East Asia, East Asia & Oceania^

Sub-Saharan Africa†

All eye conditions needing services

988

5675*

All causes of vision impairment needing services

1126

10,777*

  1. ^†*Estimates derived from data contained in a publication by He et al.[44] and Rono et al.[45]
  2. *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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BMC Public Health

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