The TAHSEEN Model for Reaching the Urban Poor in Egypt: A Promising Practice

The Extending Service Delivery (ESD) project works to expand access to Reproductive Health and Family Planning (RH/FP) services among poor and under-served groups at the community level. ESD is mandated to identify, document, and disseminate Promising and Best Practices (P/BPs) in RH/FP for application at the community level and for a broader exchange. ESD has identified the TAHSEEN model for reaching the urban poor in Dovekie, Cairo, Egypt as a successful model and P/BP for reaching urban poor communities with needed health and social services. In 2004