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In 2005 and 2007, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove a hypothesis of certain [[circumcision advocate|circumcision promoters]] despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], to link HIV infection to lack of [[circumcision]].

In 2005 and 2007, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove a hypothesis of certain [[circumcision advocate|circumcision promoters]] despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], to link [[HIV]] infection to lack of [[circumcision]].

These trials were carried out in

* South Africa:

* [[South Africa]]:

: {{RCT Auvert et al 2005}}

* Kenya:

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The 2007 RCTs in Kenya and Uganda were funded by NIAID director [[Anthony Fauci]].

[[PEPFAR]] (2025) has scrapped its ineffective and harmful "voluntary male medical circumcision" (VMMC) program after 15 years and at least 27,000,000 harmful and useless [[foreskin]] amputations.<ref name="gwarisa2025">{{REFnews

|title=New PEPFAR Waiver Scraps Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program

|url=https://healthtimes.co.zw/2025/02/07/new-pepfar-waiver-scraps-voluntary-medical-male-circumcision-program/

|last=Gwarisa

|first=Michael

|init=

|author-link=

|publisher=Healthtimes

|website=

|date=2025-02-07

|accessdate=2025-02-16

|format=

|quote=

}}</ref> The [[United States]] government will no longer pay for harmful circumcisions in Africa.

== 60% HIV protection myth ==

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}}</ref><ref name="frisch2021">{{FrischM SimonsenJ 2021}}</ref>

* [[HIV]]

* [[South Africa]]

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-In 2005 and 2007, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove a hypothesis of certain [[circumcision advocate|circumcision promoters]] despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], to link HIV infection to lack of [[circumcision]].
+In 2005 and 2007, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove a hypothesis of certain [[circumcision advocate|circumcision promoters]] despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], to link [[HIV]] infection to lack of [[circumcision]].
 These trials were carried out in
-* South Africa:
+* [[South Africa]]:
 : {{RCT Auvert et al 2005}}
 * Kenya:
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 The 2007 RCTs in Kenya and Uganda were funded by NIAID director [[Anthony Fauci]].
+[[PEPFAR]] (2025) has scrapped its ineffective and harmful "voluntary male  medical circumcision" (VMMC) program after 15 years and at least 27,000,000 harmful and useless [[foreskin]] amputations.<ref name="gwarisa2025">{{REFnews
+ |title=New PEPFAR Waiver Scraps Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program
+ |url=https://healthtimes.co.zw/2025/02/07/new-pepfar-waiver-scraps-voluntary-medical-male-circumcision-program/
+ |last=Gwarisa
+ |first=Michael
+ |init=
+ |author-link=
+ |publisher=Healthtimes
+ |website=
+ |date=2025-02-07
+ |accessdate=2025-02-16
+ |format=
+ |quote=
+}}</ref> The [[United States]] government will no longer pay for harmful circumcisions in Africa.
 == 60% HIV protection myth ==
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   |accessdate=2022-01-07
 }}</ref><ref name="frisch2021">{{FrischM SimonsenJ 2021}}</ref>
+{{SEEALSO}}
+* [[HIV]]
+* [[South Africa]]
 {{REF}}