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[[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] & [[George Hill|Hill]] (2011) studied their reports and found disabling methodological and statistical errors that invalidated their purported findings.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref> | ''Medical News Today'' (2008) reported that a medical study found that circumcision is not effective in preventing infection in men who have sex with men.<ref name="MNT2008">{{REFnews | ||
|title=Circumcision Not Effective In Preventing HIV Among MSM, Study Finds | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2008/2008-10-09_medicalnewstoday.php | |||
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|publisher=Medical News Today | |||
|date=2008-10-09 | |||
|accessdate=2024-07-26 | |||
|quote=According to the study, there was minimal difference in HIV infections between those MSM who were circumcised and those who were not | |||
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[[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] & [[George Hill|Hill]] (2011) studied their reports and found disabling methodological and statistical errors that invalidated their purported findings.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=Benefits of male circumcision | |||
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|journal=JAMA Network | |||
|date=2012-02-01 | |||
|volume=307 | |||
|issue=5 | |||
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|url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1104924#25424493 | |||
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|pubmedID=22298670 | |||
|DOI=10.1001/jama.2012.59 | |||
|accessdate=2026-03-11 | |||
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A circumcision program in Kenya failed to reduce the incidence of HIV infection. In fact, the incidence of infection rose from 3.5% to 3.8%. The circumcision program was deemed to be a total failure.<ref>{{REFnews | |||
|title=Big Blow as circumcision of LUO MEN fails to reduce HIV/AIDS infections in Nyanza | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2013/2013-09-11_kenyandailypost.php | |||
|last=Anonymous | |||
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|publisher=The Kenyan Daily Post (Nairobi) | |||
|date=2013-09-13 | |||
|accessdate=2024-09-13 | |||
|quote=However, according to the new survey, the efforts seem to have exacerbated the situation as HIV infection increased from the previous 14.9% to 15.1%. | |||
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[[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] & [[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] (2018) further elaborated on these findings and suggested possible coordination between the RCTs and hinted at the possibility of fraud.<ref name= "vanhowe2018">{{REFjournal | [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] & [[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] (2018) further elaborated on these findings and suggested possible coordination between the RCTs and hinted at the possibility of fraud.<ref name= "vanhowe2018">{{REFjournal | ||
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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 | |||
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|publisher=Healthtimes | |||
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|date=2025-02-07 | |||
|accessdate=2025-02-16 | |||
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}}</ref> The [[United States]] government will no longer pay for harmful circumcisions in Africa. | |||
== Population-based studies == | == Population-based studies == | ||