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The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIAID, FIC, NIHCD, NCI) funded the three major RCTs being used by the WHO to endorse circumcision as HIV prevention. They continue to fund further "research" and promotion of circumcision as HIV prevention in Africa.

Three RCTs in Africa

The NIH funded the three major RCTs being used by the WHO to endorse circumcision as HIV prevention: One in Orange Farm, South Africa under the supervision of French circumcision proponent Bertran Auvert, one in Kenya under the supervision of North American circumcision proponent Robert C. Bailey and Stephen Moses, and one in Uganda under the supervision of North American circumcision proponent Ronald H. Gray.

Other Projects

The NIH fund other projects for the "research" and promotion of circumcision, such as the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, who in turn are collaborating with the University of Alabama, Birmingham to conduct a "study" an the "Feasibility, Acceptability, and Safety of Neonatal Male Circumcision in Lusaka, Zambia."

NICHD funded studies

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is presently funding a five-year (2009-2013), $465,108 'study' entitled "HIV PREVALENCE, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CIRCUMCISION AMONG COLOMBIA" (sic) with the stated aim of investigating "individual, social, and structural influences on HIV risk and serostatus among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Bogota, Colombia...Moreover, it will evaluate the protection against HIV afforded by circumcision among MSM in Colombia".

Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations of NIAID commercial partnerships

On the 10 June 2011, the OIG published it's results from an audit of a contract between the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the University of California at San Francisco, which read in part:

On the 21 September 2011, the OIG published it's results from two separate audits of NIAID contracts with Avecia Biologics Limited and NexBio, Inc. The reports read in part:

On the 31 October 2011, the OIG published it's results from an audit of a contract between NIAID and the EMMES Corporation, which read in part:

On the 14 September 2012, the OIG published it's results from two separate audits of NIAID contracts with PPD Development, LP. The reports read in part:

Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations of NICHD commercial partnerships

On the 17 October 2011, the OIG published it's results from an audit of a contract between the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and Westat, Inc., which read in part:

Background information:

Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations of NIDA commercial partnerships

On the 26 October 2011, the OIG published it's results from an audit of a contract between the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Charles River Laboratories, Inc., which read in part:

Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation of the NIH's administration of the CTSA program

On the 20 December 2011, the OIG published a report critical of the NIH's administration of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program. The report read in part:

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Continuing advocating for more circumcision

From a National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day statement dated 18 May 2011 by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director of NIAID (emphasis added):