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The WHO is lead by a Director-General. The present Director-General in [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]] who took office in April 2017. | The WHO is lead by a Director-General. The present Director-General in [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]] who took office in April 2017. | ||
The [[United States of America]] resigned from membership in the WHO on 20 January 2025.<ref name="trump2025">{{REFdocument | |||
|title=Executive Order Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization | |||
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==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
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In fact, the study is scientifically vulnerable and has since been sharply criticized by experts. | In fact, the study is scientifically vulnerable and has since been sharply criticized by experts. | ||
The [[United States]] announced in February 2025 that [[PEPFAR]] would terminate its African circumcision program. | |||
== Guideline Development Group (GDG) == | == Guideline Development Group (GDG) == | ||
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In a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, (2020) the head of the United States PEPFAR program, [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] called circumcision ineffective and called for PEPFAR to abandon the WHO VMMC program and redirect its funds to anti-retroviral therapy and the provision of condomʂ<ref>{{REFdocument | In a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, (2020) the head of the United States [[PEPFAR]] program, [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] called circumcision ineffective and called for [[PEPFAR]] to abandon the WHO VMMC program and redirect its funds to anti-retroviral therapy and the provision of condomʂ<ref>{{REFdocument | ||
|title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision | |title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision | ||
|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf | |url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf | ||