Al-Ahram Weekly | Features

Getting it straight
Will mental health finally get the attention it deserves? Hala Sakr reviews this year's World Health Report

What cannot be ignored
Ahmad Mohit looks at the baby steps society has made in coming to terms with mental illness -- and the distance we have yet to travel

For your eyes only
With hard data critically lacking on the prevalence of afflictions that cause sight loss, looking for answers to Egypt's eye care problems is like groping in the dark, writes Dena Rashed

A clear view
For most of the estimated 120,000 people who will never see again without a cornea transplant, new legislation is their only hope

You are what you eat
Are Egyptians eating right? On the occasion of World Food Day, Reham El-Adawi opens the file on Egypt's nutrition problems

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 18 - 24 October 2001 Issue No.556
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