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Professor, Depatrments of Medical Microbiology, Community Health Sciences and Medicine. Stephen Moses has been a circumcision proponent since at least 1994.<ref>Moses S., Plummer FA, Bradley, JE, Ndinya-Achola, JO, Nagelkerke NJ, and Ronald AR. The association between lack of male circumcision and risk for HIV infection: a review of the epidemiological data. Sex Transm Dis 1994;21:201-10.

1.</ref> Moses (along with [[Robert C. Bailey]]) was responsible for one of the three major African circumcision trials (funded by NIAID and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research)<ref>{{REFjournal

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}}</ref> which are being used by the [[World Health Organization]] (under the guide of [[UNAIDS]]) to endorse circumcision as an HIV prevention method.<ref>{{REFweb

According to Stephen's bio, his interest is in biological and behavioural risk factors for STI/HIV transmission.<ref name='moses-bio'>{{REFweb

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}}</ref> Moses has been an advocate of circumcision since at least 1994.<ref>Moses S., Plummer FA, Bradley, JE, Ndinya-Achola, JO, Nagelkerke NJ, and Ronald AR. The association between lack of male circumcision and risk for HIV infection: a review of the epidemiological data. Sex Transm Dis 1994;21:201-10.</ref>

Of the three {{#tip-text:RCT|Randomized controlled trial}}s being used by the [[WHO]] to endorse circumcision as HIV prevention, Stephen Moses and [[Robert C. Bailey]] headed the {{#tip-text:RCT|Randomized controlled trial}} that was carried out in Kenya.<ref>Bailey RC, Moses S, Parker CB, et al. Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2007;369:643-56. [http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)60312-2/abstract Abstract]</ref> All three trials were funded by the American [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref name='DOC 2008'>{{REFweb

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  |title=The Use of Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV Infection

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* A randomized, controlled trial of male circumcision to reduce HIV incidence in Kisumu, Kenya.<ref name='moses-bio'/><br><small>[[National Institutes of Health]].</small>

* Scaling up HIV prevention in Karnataka and southern Maharashtra, Phase II.<ref name='moses-bio'/><br><small>[[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].</small>

* Monitoring and evaluation of the Avahan project in India.<ref name='moses-bio'/><br><small>[[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].</small>

* Technical assistance to improve maternal, neonatal & child health through National Rural Health Mission, India.<ref name='moses-bio'/><br><small>[[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].</small>

* Mapping key populations for HIV prevention in Sri Lanka.<ref name='moses-bio'/><br><small>World Bank.</small>

* Prevalence and risk factors for human papillomavirus infection by penile site in uncircumcised Kenyan men.<ref>{{REFjournal

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}}</ref><br><small>Smith JS, Hudgens MG, '''[[Robert C. Bailey|Bailey RC]]''', Agot K, Ndinya-Achola JO, Moses S, et al. Int J Cancer 2010; 126: 572-7.</small>

* Top Achievements in Health Research: Male circumcision: a new approach to reducing HIV transmission.<ref>{{REFjournal

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}}</ref><br><small>Moses S. CIHR/CMAJ 2009; 181: E134-5.</small>

* Does sex in the early period after circumcision increase HIV-seroconversion risk? Pooled analysis of adult male circumcision clinical trials.<ref>{{REFjournal

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* Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial.<ref>{{REFjournal

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* Modelling the public health impact of male circumcision for HIV prevention in high prevalence areas in Africa.<ref>{{REFjournal

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}}</ref><br><small>Nagelkerke NJD, Moses S, de Vlas S, '''[[Robert C. Bailey|Bailey RC]]'''. BMC Infect Dis 2007; 7: 16.</small>

* Adult male circumcision outcomes: experience in a developing country setting.<ref>{{REFjournal

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</ref><br><small>Krieger J, '''[[Robert C. Bailey|Bailey RC]]''', Agot K, Parker C, Ndinya-Achola JO, Moses S, et al. Urol Int 2007; 78: 235-40.</small>

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