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	12 million men and boys have been circumcised in the campaign, largely on American taxpayer dollars through the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]). Because many men refuse circumcision, "early infant male circumcision" (EIMC) was added to the VMMC agenda in 2016.		12 million men and boys have been circumcised in the campaign, largely on American taxpayer dollars through the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]). Because many men refuse circumcision, "early infant male circumcision" (EIMC) was added to the VMMC agenda in 2016.

			[[PEPFAR]] (2025) has scrapped its ineffective and harmful "voluntary male medical circumcision" ([[VMMC]]) program after 15 years and at least 27,000,000 harmful and useless [[foreskin]] amputations.<ref name="gwarisa2025">{{REFnews
			\|title=New PEPFAR Waiver Scraps Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program
			\|url=https://healthtimes.co.zw/2025/02/07/new-pepfar-waiver-scraps-voluntary-medical-male-circumcision-program/
			\|last=Gwarisa
			\|first=Michael
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			\|date=2025-02-07
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			}}</ref> Numerous studies have demonstrated that [[adult circumcision]] is not effective in preventing [[HIV]] [[infection]].

			[[PEPFAR]] ignominiously ended the provision of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys under age 15 in November 2019 due to significant, complications, injuries, and other abuses.

	== History ==		== History ==

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	==Position of Doctors Opposing Circumcision==		== Position of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] ==

	[[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)~~\| Doctors Opposing Circumcision~~]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]) has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of [[HIV]] infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin\| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument		[[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]) has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of [[HIV]] infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin\| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument
	\|title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision		\|title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision
	\|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf		\|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf
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	* [[Stop the Cut]]		* [[Stop the Cut]]
			* [[African Voices Against Circumcision-AVAC]]

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			* [[Stop the Cut]]

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	They sent people with cameras to Uganda and Kenya, who documented the realities of the mass circumcision program. Local investigators conducted interviews with 90 affected men and women and found:		They sent people with cameras to Uganda and Kenya, who documented the realities of the mass circumcision program. Local investigators conducted interviews with 90 affected men and women and found:
	* Africans are told [[circumcision]] conveys immunity from [[HIV]].		* Africans are told [[circumcision]] conveys immunity from [[HIV]].
	* Condom use is at an all-time low, and AIDS is on the rise.		* Condom use is at an all-time low, and [[AIDS]] is on the rise.
	* The program is killing the very people it is supposed to help.		* The program is killing the very people it is supposed to help.
	* No follow-up post circumcision (cut-and-release approach).		* No follow-up post circumcision (cut-and-release approach).

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	* [https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uos-mcc091020.php Male circumcision campaigns in Africa to fight HIV are a form of cultural imperialism]		* [https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uos-mcc091020.php Male circumcision campaigns in Africa to fight HIV are a form of cultural imperialism]

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	12 million men and boys have been circumcised in the campaign, largely on American taxpayer dollars through the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]). Because many men refuse circumcision, "early infant male circumcision" (EIMC) was added to the VMMC agenda in 2016.		12 million men and boys have been circumcised in the campaign, largely on American taxpayer dollars through the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]). Because many men refuse circumcision, "early infant male circumcision" (EIMC) was added to the VMMC agenda in 2016.

			== History ==
	The VMMC Experience Project was established in 2014 to give a voice to the people affected by the West’s mass circumcision campaign in Africa. Their mission is to empower the most frequently overlooked contingent: Africans. The project director is [[Prince Hillary Maloba]] from Kenya. Their work is currently based in West Kenya and East Uganda.		The VMMC Experience Project was established in 2014 to give a voice to the people affected by the West’s mass circumcision campaign in Africa. Their mission is to empower the most frequently overlooked contingent: Africans. The project director is [[Prince Hillary Maloba]] from Kenya. Their work is currently based in West Kenya and East Uganda.

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			== Inflated male circumcision data ==
			In 2021, a fact-checking study by the US [[CDC]] has confirmed as false previous data claiming ridiculously high male circumcision rates in Kenya’s HIV control programme. The report published on Thursday (July 15, 2021) in the journal Plos One says the fact-checking had been provoked by conflicting reports of huge success and yet persistent high demand suggesting a need for more funding. The 2018 report had claimed success rates of more than 100 per cent in Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay and Migori counties.<ref>{{REFnews
			\|url=https://www.rocketsciences.co.ke/2021/07/16/us-cdc-confirms-kenya-falsified-male-circumcision-data/
			\|title=US CDC confirms Kenya inflated male circumcision data
			\|date=2021-07-16
			\|website=Rocket Science
			\|accessdate=2021-07-27
			}}</ref>

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	They sent people with cameras to Uganda and Kenya, who documented the realities of the mass circumcision program. Local investigators conducted interviews with 90 affected men and women and found:		They sent people with cameras to Uganda and Kenya, who documented the realities of the mass circumcision program. Local investigators conducted interviews with 90 affected men and women and found:
	* Africans are told [[circumcision]] conveys immunity from HIV.		* Africans are told [[circumcision]] conveys immunity from [[HIV]].
	* Condom use is at an all-time low, and AIDS is on the rise.		* Condom use is at an all-time low, and AIDS is on the rise.
	* The program is killing the very people it is supposed to help.		* The program is killing the very people it is supposed to help.
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	==Position of Doctors Opposing Circumcision==		==Position of Doctors Opposing Circumcision==

	[[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)\| Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]) has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of HIV infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin\| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument		[[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)\| Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]) has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of [[HIV]] infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin\| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument
	\|title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision		\|title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision
	\|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf		\|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf
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	== Inflated male circumcision data ==		== Inflated male circumcision data ==
	In 2021, a fact-checking study by the US [[CDC]] has confirmed as false previous data claiming ridiculously high male circumcision rates in Kenya’s HIV control programme. The report published on Thursday (July 15, 2021) in the journal Plos One says the fact-checking had been provoked by conflicting reports of huge success and yet persistent high demand suggesting a need for more funding. The 2018 report had claimed success rates of more than 100 per cent in Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay and Migori counties.<ref>{{REFnews		In 2021, a fact-checking study by the US [[CDC]] has confirmed as false previous data claiming ridiculously high male circumcision rates in Kenya’s [[HIV]] control programme. The report published on Thursday (July 15, 2021) in the journal Plos One says the fact-checking had been provoked by conflicting reports of huge success and yet persistent high demand suggesting a need for more funding. The 2018 report had claimed success rates of more than 100 per cent in Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay and Migori counties.<ref>{{REFnews
	\|url=https://www.rocketsciences.co.ke/2021/07/16/us-cdc-confirms-kenya-falsified-male-circumcision-data/		\|url=https://www.rocketsciences.co.ke/2021/07/16/us-cdc-confirms-kenya-falsified-male-circumcision-data/
	\|title=US CDC confirms Kenya inflated male circumcision data		\|title=US CDC confirms Kenya inflated male circumcision data