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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 one of the three latest African circumcision trials,<ref name="Auvert PLoS">{{RCT Auvert et al 2005}}</ref> which are being used by the [[WHO|World Health Organization]] to endorse [[circumcision]] as an [[HIV]] prevention method.<ref>{{REFweb
}}</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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  |year=2007
  |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
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== Auvert's Circumcision Study ==
== 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>
==Population-based studies==


September 2021 saw the publication of two huge population studies on the relationship of circumcision and HIV infection:
== Population-based studies ==
 
{{Population-based studies}}
# Mayan et al. (2021) carried out a massive empirical study of the male population of the province of Ontario, [[Canada]] (569,950 males), of whom 203,588 (35.7%) were circumcised between 1991 and 2017. The study concluded that circumcision status is not related to risk of HIV infection.<ref name="mayan2021">{{REFjournal
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|first=Madhur
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|last2=Hamilton
|first2=Robert J.
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|last3=Juurlink
|first3=David N.
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|last4=Austin
|first4=Peter C.
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|last5=Jarvi
|first5=Keith A.
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|etal=no
|title=Circumcision and Risk of HIV Among Males From Ontario, Canada
|journal=J Urol
|date=2021-09-23
|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
|DOI=10.1097/JU.0000000000002234
|accessdate=2021-10-02
}}</ref>
# [[Morten Frisch]] & Jacob Simonsen (2021) carried out a large scale empirical population study in [[Denmark]] of 855,654 males regarding the alleged value of male circumcision in preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in men. They found that circumcised men have a higher rate of STI and HIV infection overall than intact men.<ref name="frisch2021">{{FrischM SimonsenJ 2021}}</ref>
 
No association between circumcision status and risk of HIV infection was found.


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