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UNAIDS is the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS that works towards achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.<ref>{{REFweb | UNAIDS is the Joint United Nations Programme on [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] that works towards achieving universal access to [[HIV]] prevention, treatment, care and support.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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== Stephen Lewis - Former head of UNAIDS == | == Stephen Lewis - Former head of UNAIDS == | ||
Stephen Henry Lewis, CC, | Stephen Henry Lewis, CC, ({{LifeData|1937-11-11}}),<ref>Smith, p.258 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Lewis more here])</ref> is a Canadian politician,<ref>MacDonald, pp. 151-152 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Lewis more here])</ref> broadcaster, diplomat and former head of UNAIDS. He is Jewish ([[Religion and Culture|why this is important]]),<ref>{{REFbook | ||
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}}</ref> Lewis is a vehement promoter of male circumcision, particularly infant male circumcision (as HIV prevention policy).<ref>{{REFweb | }}</ref> Lewis is a vehement promoter of male circumcision, particularly infant male [[circumcision]] (as [[HIV]] prevention policy).<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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}}</ref> Stephen was the leader of the democratic socialist Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, he was appointed as Canada's United Nations ambassador. He quit in 1988 and worked at various United Nations agencies during the 1990s. In the 2000s, he served a term as the United Nations' special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, and head of UNAIDS.<ref name='Ryerson 2010-09-14'>{{REFweb | }}</ref> Stephen was the leader of the democratic socialist Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, he was appointed as Canada's United Nations ambassador. He quit in 1988 and worked at various United Nations agencies during the 1990s. In the 2000s, he served a term as the United Nations' special envoy for [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] in Africa, and head of UNAIDS.<ref name='Ryerson 2010-09-14'>{{REFweb | ||
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|Text=There was some titter of laughter and gentile applause which resonated throughout the room. So I felt it was the appropriate moment to tell the crowd that I was circumcised. Which I did. There followed what can only be described as an <span style="background:#d7f5ff">Orgy of Male Bonding</span>. I have never been so embraced and hugged so extravagantly by numbers of people simultaneously as they conveyed to me that they understood the importance of circumcision and recognized that it's withstood the transmission of the virus. | |Text=There was some titter of laughter and gentile applause which resonated throughout the room. So I felt it was the appropriate moment to tell the crowd that I was [[circumcised]]. Which I did. There followed what can only be described as an <span style="background:#d7f5ff">Orgy of Male Bonding</span>. I have never been so embraced and hugged so extravagantly by numbers of people simultaneously as they conveyed to me that they understood the importance of circumcision and recognized that it's withstood the transmission of the virus. | ||
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|Text=The most unexpected and successful preventative <span style="background:#d7f5ff">technology</span>, which has been chronicaled in the last couple of years, is male circumcision. | |Text=The most unexpected and successful preventative <span style="background:#d7f5ff">technology</span>, which has been chronicaled in the last couple of years, is [[Adult circumcision| male circumcision]]. | ||
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==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
The [[VMMC Experience Project]] has published a massive, illustrated 153-page report on VMMC in Africa for the United Nations.<ref name="fish2019">{{REFdocument | |||
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==Circumcision does not prevent HIV infection== | |||
=== 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/ | |||
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|journal=J Biosoc Sci | |||
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|DOI=10.1017/S0021932022000153 | |||
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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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{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Stephen H. Lewis]] | * [[Canada]] | ||
* [[Stephen H. Lewis]] — Former head of UNAIDS. | |||
{{LINKS}} | {{LINKS}} | ||
* {{REFweb | * {{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/alleged-medical-benefits/hivaids/ | |url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/alleged-medical-benefits/hivaids/ | ||
|title=HIV/AIDS | |title=HIV/AIDS | ||
|publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] | |||
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