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. 2009 Jun;22(70):22-3.

Reaching women in Egypt: a success story

Ahmed Mousa  1 , Gamal Ezz El Arab, Ebtehal Rashad
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Reaching women in Egypt: a success story

Ahmed Mousa et al. Community Eye Health. 2009 Jun.
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Focusing on women within households. EGYPT
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Talking to female students in one of the intervention villages. EGYPT
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One of the illustrations used in the health education materials given to families. This formed part of a story about a family with trachoma. EGYPT
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Figure 1. Location of intervention and control villages in Samalout district
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