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'''Bertran Auvert''' is a [[Bias|biased]] pro-circumcision researcher of French origin who has been a circumcision proponent since at least 2003.<ref>{{REFjournal | '''Bertran Auvert''' is a [[Bias|biased]] pro-circumcision researcher of French origin who has been a [[circumcision]] proponent since at least 2003.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> Auvert was responsible for | }}</ref> Auvert was responsible for the first (2005) of the three discredited African circumcision trials,<ref name="Auvert PLoS">{{RCT Auvert et al 2005}}</ref> which are still being used by the [[WHO|World Health Organization]] to promote [[circumcision]] as an [[HIV]] prevention method.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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|title=WHO Male circumcision for HIV prevention | |title=WHO Male circumcision for HIV prevention | ||
|url=http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/index.html | |url=http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/index.html | ||
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== Auvert's | == Auvert's circumcision study == | ||
An {{#tip-text:RCT|Randomized controlled trial}} funded by the United States [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH)<ref name='DOC 2008'>{{REFnews | An {{#tip-text:RCT|Randomized controlled trial}} funded by the United States [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH)<ref name='DOC 2008'>{{REFnews | ||
|url=http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html | |url=http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html | ||
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Boyle & Hill (2011) have shown these coordinated RCTs to be have significant methodological flaws and statistical errors that render their claims invalid. Although a 60 percent ''relative'' reduction in [[HIV]] was claimed, the ''absolute'' reduction was a statistically insignificant 1.3 percent.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref> | Boyle & Hill (2011) have shown these coordinated RCTs to be have significant methodological flaws and statistical errors that render their claims invalid. Although a 60 percent ''relative'' reduction in [[HIV]] was claimed, the ''absolute'' reduction was a statistically insignificant 1.3 percent.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref> | ||
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