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{{Citation
|Title=Goals
|Text=The Clearinghouse exists to expand global access to information and resources on male circumcision for [[HIV ]] prevention. The Clearinghouse aims to provide current evidence-based guidance, information and resources to support the delivery of safe male circumcision services in countries that choose to scale up male circumcision as one component of comprehensive [[HIV ]] prevention services.
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|Source=Male Circumcision Consortium website
|ref=<refname="MCC About">[{{REFweb |url=http://www.malecircumcision.org/about/male_circumcision_about_us.html |title=Male Circumcision Consortium website] |accessdate=2021-11-24}}</ref>
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Their actual goal is to function as a propaganda arm of the pro-circ agenda in Africa and to function as a marketing tool for the mass circumcision campaign. The research on their site is [[Bias| heavily biased]] in favor of [[circumcision]]. Their funder, FHI360, is a "social marketing" outfit, essentially a PR firm established for the purpose of changing people's behavior for ostensibly socially positive ends. According to their website, FHI "serves as the webmaster for the Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for [[HIV ]] Prevention, and in partnership with [[WHO]], [[UNAIDS]] and AVAC, develops and selects content for the site."
{{Citation
|Title=Goals
|Text=The Male Circumcision Consortium (MCC) works with the Government of Kenya and other partners to prevent [[HIV ]] and save lives by expanding access to safe and voluntary male circumcision services.FHI, the {{UNI|University of Illinois at Chicago|UIC}}, and EngenderHealth are partners in the Male Circumcision Consortium. The MCC is funded by a grant to FHI from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ]] from August 2007 to February 2013.
The Male Circumcision Consortium's objectives are to:
Support the Government of Kenya and other partners in developing and implementing a national male circumcision strategy.
Expand a male circumcision research and training center in western Kenya to train providers, build the capacity of health facilities, and monitor clinical outcomes.
Identify and address any misunderstandings about male circumcision for [[HIV ]] prevention.Conduct research to identify the safest, most effective ways to provide voluntary male circumcision as part of a comprehensive package of [[HIV ]] prevention services.
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|Source=Male Circumcision Consortium website
|ref=<ref>[http:name="MCC About"//www.malecircumcision.org/about/male_circumcision_about_us.html Male Circumcision Consortium website]</ref>
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Their website identifies the following institutions as providing "review of materials written for the Clearinghouse":
* {{UNI|Harvard University |HU}} School of Public Health - — <i>home of [[Daniel_T._Halperin|Dr. Daniel T. Halperin]] at the AIDS Prevention Research Project</i>* Jhpiego (Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics) - — <i>Johns Hopkins is the home of [[Ronald Gray]], director of the [[Rakai Project]]</i>* London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - — <i>which has published a couple pro-circ studies by [[Helen Weiss]] et al.</i>* {{UNI|University of Illinois at Chicago |UIC}} School of Public Health - <i>home of [[Robert_C._Bailey|Robert Bailey]], who's behind the big African RCTs</i>
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* [[UNAIDS]]
* [http://www.avac.org/ AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC)]
* [[FHI (Family Health International)]](FHI)
* [http://www.futuresinstitute.org/default.aspx Futures Institute]
* [http://www.ghtechproject.com/ The Global Health Technical Assistance Project] by [[USAID]]
* [http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/index.cfm?id=index Health Policy Initiative] by [[USAID]]
* [http://www.malecircumcision.org/about http://www.malecircumcision.org/about]
== Population-based studies ==
{{Population-based studies}}
==Two African surveys==
The previously reported studies were from developed Western nations. Now we have information from Sub_Saharan Africa.
French scientist [[Michel Garenne]], Ph.D. has published two reports in 2022 comparing the incidence of HIV infection in [[circumcised]] and [[intact]] men.
In his first report, Garenne presented the findings from a study in Lesotho, the enclave in South Africa. He reported:
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In couple studies, the effect of circumcision and VMMC on HIV was not significant, with similar transmission from female to male and male to female. The study questions the amount of effort and money spent on VMMC in Lesotho.<ref name="garenne2022A">{{REFjournal
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|title=Changing relationships between HIV prevalence and circumcision in Lesotho
|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35373731/
|date=2022-04-04
|journal=J Biosoc Sci
|volume=online ahead of print
|pages=1-16
|DOI=10.1017/S0021932022000153
|pubmedID=35373731
|accessdate=2022-11-02
}}</ref>
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In his second report, Garenne (2022) presented information from six Sub-Saharan African nations (Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe). He reported:
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"Results matched earlier observations made in South Africa that [[circumcised]] and [[intact]] men had similar levels of HIV infection."<ref name="garenne2022B">{{REFjournal
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|title=Age-incidence and prevalence of HIV among intact and circumcised men: an analysis of PHIA surveys in Southern Africa
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|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science/article/abs/ageincidence-and-prevalence-of-hiv-among-intact-and-circumcised-men-an-analysis-of-phia-surveys-in-southern-africa/CAA7E7BD5A9844F41C6B7CC3573B9E50
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision and HIV]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/alleged-medical-benefits/hivaids/
|title=HIV/AIDS
|date=2020
|accessdate=2020-07-16
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