Egypt IVF

1. Economics and Politics

1.1. Local shortage of IVF

1.2. Egypt lack of Natural resources

1.3. Sadat - Westernization of Egypt & Israel Treaty

2. Education

2.1. Cairo educational mecca

2.2. IVF Fears due to lack of education

3. Religion & Culture

3.1. Socially children are required

3.2. Sunni Islamic law

3.3. Fatwahs-religious law regarding procedure

4. Health

4.1. Infertility

4.1.1. Ovarian & Tubal

5. Health Problems

5.1. High infertility rates

6. Economic & Political Issues

6.1. 40K for treatment annually unaffordable for most Egyptians. 3 Tier IVF class system.

6.2. Child required to pass down business

6.3. Westernization made Egypt prime location for IVF treatment vs. other Muslim countries.

6.4. No IVF in Egypt's Public Hospitals vs. Israel offering it in all hospitals.

7. Religious/Cultural Problems

7.1. Egyptian Coptic vs. Muslim

7.2. Muslim moral stig-no 2nd donors

7.3. Social Stigma infertility

8. Education Problems

8.1. Fear of Female weak ovaries/Male sperm switch

8.2. Rural uneducated myths-ex.Out of body birth.

8.3. Just as Religion is blended with law so is science. Science literacy impacts poor uneducated.