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}}</ref> which are being used by the [[World Health Organization]] (under the guide of [[UNAIDS]]) to endorse circumcision as an HIV prevention method.<ref>{{REFweb
| last=World Health Organization | first= | date=2007-03-27 | title=WHO and UNAIDS announce recommendations from expert consultation on male circumcision for HIV prevention | url=http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news68/en/index.html | accessdate=2011-02-23
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== Interests ==
According to Stephen's bio, his interest is in biological and behavioural risk factors for STI/HIV transmission.<ref name='moses-bio'>{{REFweb
| last=Dr. Moses | first=Stephen | date= | title= | url=http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/medical_microbiology/faculty/StephenMoses.html | accessdate=2011-02-23 | publisher = University of Manitoba
}}</ref> Moses has been an advocate of circumcision since at least 1994.<ref>Moses S., Plummer FA, Bradley, JE, Ndinya-Achola, JO, Nagelkerke NJ, and Ronald AR. The association between lack of male circumcision and risk for HIV infection: a review of the epidemiological data. Sex Transm Dis 1994;21:201-10.</ref>
== RCT in Kenya ==
Of the three {{#tip-text:RCT|Randomized controlled trial}}s being used by the [[WHO]] to endorse circumcision as HIV prevention, Stephen Moses and [[Robert C. Bailey]] headed the {{#tip-text:RCT|Randomized controlled trial}} that was carried out in Kenya.<ref>Bailey RC, Moses S, Parker CB, et al. Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2007;369:643-56. [http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)60312-2/abstract Abstract]</ref> All three trials were funded by the American [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref name='DOC 2008'>{{REFweb
| quote=...funding from the United States National Institutes of Health to conduct randomized controlled trials ({{#tip-text:RCT|Randomized controlled trial}}s) in Africa. | last= | first= | publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision | date=2008 | title=The Use of Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV Infection | url=http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html | accessdate=2011-03-05
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