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The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is are an agency of the [[United States]] Government in the Department of Health and Human Services. The {{FULLPAGENAME}} is responsible for protecting the public health of the [[United StateStates]]. The {{FULLPAGENAME}} is commonly called the "CDC". Its Their main office is in Atlanta, Georgia{{USSC|GA}}.

The current director is [[Rochelle Paula Walensky]], who received an M.D. {{MD}} from [[Johns Hopkins]] (noted for the contributions it receives from the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] and its advocacy of male [[circumcision]]) and a M.P.H. am {{MPH}} from the Harvard School of Public Health.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> Dr. Walenksky presents herself as an an expert on [[HIV]]. Dr. Walensky, who is a member of Temple Emanuel of Newton, Massachusetts {{USSC|MA}} with three sons presumably [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]], is a Biden-appointee who took office on 20 January 2021.

On 15 June 2011, the OIG published a report critical of the CDC's failure to oversee recipients’ use of President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]) funds.<ref>{{REFweb

On 19 November 2012, the OIG published a report critical of the CDC Namibia Office's failure to properly monitor recipients' use of [[PEPFAR ]] funds<ref>{{REFweb

|Text=CDC's office in Windhoek, Namibia (CDC Namibia), is responsible for [[PEPFAR ]] funds awarded to government agencies and for-profit and nonprofit organizations (recipients) in Namibia.

Our audit found that CDC Namibia did not always monitor recipients' use of [[PEPFAR ]] funds in accordance with HHS and other Federal requirements. There was evidence that CDC Namibia performed some monitoring of recipients' use of [[PEPFAR ]] funds. However, most of the recipient cooperative agreement files did not include required documents or evidence that CDC Namibia had monitored all cooperative agreements. CDC Namibia did not consistently monitor the cooperative agreements in accordance with HHS and other Federal requirements because it did not have written policies and procedures for the monitoring process. As a result, CDC Namibia did not have assurance that [[PEPFAR ]] funds were used as intended by law.

== Proposed Guidelines fuidelines for Counseling Male Patients counseling male patients and Parents parents ==

On 2 December 2014, the CDC released a an anonymous [httphttps://www.arclaw.org/newswp-content/uploads/cdcCDC-releases2014-draft0012-first-ever-federal-guidelines-male-circumcision-public-commenting-period-ope 0003.pdf proposed guideline] for counseling male patients and parents regarding male [[circumcision ]] and the prevention of [[HIV]] infection, STIs and other health outcomesto which the authors declined to affix their names. The proposed guidelines seem to be in line with the AAP's Policy Statement of 2012 and also includes considerations for counseling of adolescents and adults in accordance with their [[HIV]] risk behavior, [[HIV]] status, sexual preferences and other factors. While the media tried to present these guidelines as an immediate endorsement of circumcision, the guidelines are far from recommending universal circumcision and in fact acknowledge that neonatal circumcision presents ethical concerns over the violation of autonomy. Read our analysis of the guidelines [http://circwatch.org/cdc-circumcision-and-misleading-headlines/ our analysis of the guidelines]

* [{{REFweb |url=http://circwatch.org/cdc-circumcision-and-misleading-headlines/ |title=CircWatch offers an analysis of the CDC guidelines}}* {{REFweb |url=http://circwatch.org/tag/cdc/ |title=Post about the CDC on CircWatch]}}