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12 million men and boys have been circumcised in the campaign, largely on American taxpayer dollars through the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]). Because many men refuse circumcision, "early infant male circumcision" (EIMC) was added to the VMMC agenda in 2016. | 12 million men and boys have been circumcised in the campaign, largely on American taxpayer dollars through the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]). Because many men refuse circumcision, "early infant male circumcision" (EIMC) was added to the VMMC agenda in 2016. | ||
[[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/ | |||
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}}</ref> Numerous studies have demonstrated that [[adult circumcision]] is not effective in preventing [[HIV]] [[infection]]. | |||
[[PEPFAR]] ignominiously ended the provision of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys under age 15 in November 2019 due to significant, complications, injuries, and other abuses. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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==Position of Doctors Opposing Circumcision== | == Position of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] == | ||
[[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.) | [[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]) has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of [[HIV]] infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{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 | ||
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|publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision | |author-link=George C. Denniston | ||
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|date=2020-06-29 | |date=2020-06-29 | ||
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{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Stop the Cut]] | * [[Stop the Cut]] | ||
* [[African Voices Against Circumcision-AVAC]] | |||
{{LINKS}} | {{LINKS}} | ||
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[[Category:Intactivism organization]] | [[Category:Intactivism organization]] | ||
[[Category:Circumcision in Africa]] | [[Category:Circumcision in Africa]] | ||
[[Category:WWDOGA supporter]] | |||
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