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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. | |||
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[[Category:Circumcision in Africa]] | [[Category:Circumcision in Africa]] | ||
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