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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 | These trials were carried out in | ||
* South Africa: | * [[South Africa]]: | ||
: {{RCT Auvert et al 2005}} | : {{RCT Auvert et al 2005}} | ||
* Kenya: | * Kenya: | ||
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The 2007 RCTs in Kenya and Uganda were funded by NIAID director [[Anthony Fauci]]. | 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 | |||
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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. | |||
== 60% HIV protection myth == | == 60% HIV protection myth == | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
Two massive populalation studies found no evidence of a protective effect from circumcision.<ref name="mayan2021">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Mayan | |||
|first=Madhur | |||
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|last2=Hamilton | |||
|first2=Robert J. | |||
|init2=RJ | |||
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|last3=Juurlink | |||
|first3=David N. | |||
|init3=DN | |||
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|last4=Austin | |||
|first4=Peter C. | |||
|init4=PC | |||
|author4-link= | |||
|last5=Jarvi | |||
|first5=Keith A. | |||
|init5=KA | |||
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|etal=no | |||
|title=Circumcision and Risk of HIV Among Males From Ontario, Canada | |||
|journal=J Urol | |||
|date=2021-09-23 | |||
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|url=https://www.auajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1097/JU.0000000000002234 | |||
|quote=We found that circumcision was not independently associated with the risk of acquiring HIV among men from Ontario, Canada. | |||
|pubmedID=34551593 | |||
|pubmedCID= | |||
|DOI=10.1097/JU.0000000000002234 | |||
|accessdate=2022-01-07 | |||
}}</ref><ref name="frisch2021">{{FrischM SimonsenJ 2021}}</ref> | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[HIV]] | |||
* [[South Africa]] | |||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
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[[Category:South Africa]] | [[Category:South Africa]] | ||
[[Category:Uganda]] | [[Category:Uganda]] | ||
[[de:HIV-Studien in Afrika]] | |||