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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an African intactivism campaign site, driven by Jane Ayeko Kümmeth and Ulli Schauen from Germany. They will produce 10 to 17 episodes for African radio stations about the [[VMMC]] campaign - if their crowdfunding on kickstarter.com is successful.

'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an African [[intactivism]] campaign site, driven by Jane Ayeko Kümmeth and Ulli Schauen from Germany. They will produce 10 to 17 episodes for African radio stations about the [[VMMC]] campaign - if their crowdfunding on kickstarter.com is successful.

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|Text=Help get the "African Circumcision" ~~radioseries~~ out to African radios so that the "target group" of the [[VMMC]] campaign can hear and discuss it.

|Text=Help get the "African Circumcision" radio series out to African radios so that the "target group" of the [[VMMC]] campaign can hear and discuss it.

We are developing a Plan B after our initial crowdfunding has failed.

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== What is VMMC? ==

[[VMMC]] stands for "Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision". The [[VMMC]] campaign was ~~offictially~~ started by the [[WHO]] in 2007, is funded by the US Presidential Fund [[PEPFAR]] and organized mainly ba the US ~~Centres~~ for Disease Control [[CDC]]. Among its supporters is also [[UNICEF]].

[[VMMC]] stands for "Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision". The [[VMMC]] campaign was officially started by the [[WHO]] in 2007, is funded by the US Presidential Fund [[PEPFAR]] and organized mainly by the US Centers for Disease Control ([[CDC]]). Among its supporters is also [[UNICEF]].

[[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=2025-02-15

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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.

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-'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an African intactivism campaign site, driven by Jane Ayeko Kümmeth and Ulli Schauen from Germany. They will produce 10 to 17 episodes for African radio stations about the [[VMMC]] campaign - if their crowdfunding on kickstarter.com is successful.
+'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an African [[intactivism]] campaign site, driven by Jane Ayeko Kümmeth and Ulli Schauen from Germany. They will produce 10 to 17 episodes for African radio stations about the [[VMMC]] campaign - if their crowdfunding on kickstarter.com is successful.
 {{Citation
   |Title=Claim
-  |Text=Help get the "African Circumcision" radioseries out to African radios so that the "target group" of the [[VMMC]] campaign can hear and discuss it.
+  |Text=Help get the "African Circumcision" radio series out to African radios so that the "target group" of the [[VMMC]] campaign can hear and discuss it.
 We are developing a Plan B after our initial crowdfunding has failed.
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 == What is VMMC? ==
-[[VMMC]] stands for "Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision". The [[VMMC]] campaign was offictially started by the [[WHO]] in 2007, is funded by the US Presidential Fund [[PEPFAR]] and organized mainly ba the US Centres for Disease Control [[CDC]]. Among its supporters is also [[UNICEF]].
+[[VMMC]] stands for "Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision". The [[VMMC]] campaign was officially started by the [[WHO]] in 2007, is funded by the US Presidential Fund [[PEPFAR]] and organized mainly by the US Centers for Disease Control ([[CDC]]). Among its supporters is also [[UNICEF]].
+[[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]].
+[[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.
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