The Economist published for the 25th -31st of March 17, in an article titled Contraceptives in Egypt, A Bitter Pill, the magazine wrote about the difficulties in getting contraceptives and medicines because of foreign exchange shortages Egypt is experiencing at the moment.

Crux of the matter is Egyptians favour birth control pills rather than condoms and a woman who was given a condom thought she was meant to swallow it. See quote below:

"Hassan turned to the black market to
get birth-control pills, until those disappeared.
Others adapted in different ways.
Egyptian couples tend to shun condoms,
but some have resorted to them. There is a
shortage of sex education, too. A pharmacist
in Cairo claims one woman tried to
swallow the condoms she bought."