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An ophthalmologist examined students with VA of 6\/12 or worse in either eye and students with other eye problems.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nine hundred fifty-seven students aged 6 to 22 years were screened: 67 had myopia with VA of 6\/12 or worse in the better eye, 3 were unilaterally blind (2 from squint or amblyopia, 1 from a hypoplastic disk), and 4 had unilateral low vision from macular scars. Other eye diseases observed were congenital glaucoma (1), vernal conjunctivitis (2), and infective conjunctivitis (6). The prevalence of refractive error reducing vision to at least 6\/12 was 7.0%. 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