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Catholic Medical Mission Board

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[[Image:CMMB Logo website blue.png|right|thumb|CMMB]]The '''Catholic Medical Mission Board''' (CMMB) is the leading U.S.-based Catholic charity focused exclusively on global healthcare.<ref>{{Construction SiteREFweb |last= |first= |date= |title=Who We Are |url=http://www.cmmb.org/who-we-are |publisher=Catholic Medical Mission Board |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref> CMMB’s [[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]] (VMMC) program has been active in Kenya since 2007.  CMMB trains local healthcare professionals to carry out [[Circumcision| circumcisions]], which they claim "builds the local healthcare capacity and ensures sustainability." CMMB provides technical assistance, including training for the surgeons, in additional to medical supplies. CMMB has sub-granted to local community-based partners ''Family Health Support Initiative'' (FAHSI) and ''The Organization for Developing People's Ability'' (TODEPA) to conduct awareness campaigns targeting district political and religious leaders.  CMMB began offering VMMC services at the Mpanshya Mission Hospital in the Chongwe District of Zambia in July 2010. CMMB Works Closely with the Ugandan Government to Provide Circumcision Services.<ref name="cmmb">{{REFweb |last= |first= |date= |title=Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision |url=http://www.cmmb.org/voluntary-medical-male-circumcision |publisher=Catholic Medical Mission Board |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref>
[[Image:CMMB Logo website blue.png|right|thumb|CMMB]]Tte Roman Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is the leading U.S.-based Catholic charity focused exclusively on global healthcareChurch prohibited circumcision in 1442.<ref>{{cite webREFconference |last=Pope Eugenius IV | url = http://www.cmmbcirp.org/who-we-arelibrary/cultural/councilflorence/ | title = Who We Are | accessdate = 2011-04-29Bull of Union with the Copts | publisher = Catholic Medical Mission Board}}</ref> CMMB’s [[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program|Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]] (VMMC) program has been active in Kenya since 2007Norman P. CMMB trains local healthcare professionals to carry out circumcisions, which they claim "builds the local healthcare capacity and ensures sustainability." CMMB provides technical assistance, including training for the surgeons, in additional to medical supplies. CMMB has sub-granted to local community-based partners Family Health Support Initiative Tanner (FAHSItranslator) and The Organization for Developing People's Ability (TODEPA) to conduct awareness campaigns targeting district political and religious leaders. CMMB began offering VMMC services at the Mpanshya Mission Hospital in the Chongwe District of Zambia in July 2010. CMMB Works Closely with the Ugandan Government to Provide Circumcision Services.<ref name="cmmb">{{cite web | url place= http://www.cmmb.org/voluntary-medical-male-circumcision | title = Voluntary Medical Male CircumcisionEcumenical Council of Florence, Session 11 | accessdate date= 20111442-02-04-29 | publisher = Catholic Medical Mission Board}}</ref>
==Goals Metmet ==
According to CMMB's website:<ref name="cmmb"/>
*Educated in sexual health: '''2,122'''*Parents told of circ benefits: '''6,212'''*Individuals tested for [[HIV]]: '''12,117'''*Circumcisions performed: '''15,943'''*Sites providing circumcision: '''31''' {{SEEALSO}}* [[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]]* [[United States of America]]{{REF}} [[Category:Organization]][[Category:Catholic]]
==See Also==*[[Voluntary Medical Male Category:Circumcision Programin Africa]]
==References==[[Category:Kenya]]<div class='references-small'>[[Category:Uganda]]<references/>[[Category:USA]]</div>[[Category:Zambia]]
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