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== Funding ==
== Funding ==


VMMC is funded by [[USAID]] and [[C-Change]].
VMMC was funded by [[USAID]] and [[C-Change]].
[[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=2025-02-15
|format=
|quote=
}}</ref> Numerous studies have demonstrated that [[adult circumcision]] is not effective in preventing [[HIV]] [[infection]].


== Circumcision campaign propaganda by VMMC ==
== Circumcision campaign propaganda by VMMC ==
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=Circumcision does not prevent HIV infection==
==Circumcision does not prevent HIV infection==
=== Population-based studies ===
=== Population-based studies ===
{{Population-based studies}}
{{Population-based studies}}