Bertran Auvert: Difference between revisions

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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

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|title=Potential for an intervention based on male circumcision in a South African town with high levels of [[HIV]] infection

|journal=Aids Care

|year=2003

|volume=15

|issue=3

|pages=315-327

}}</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

  |url=http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/index.html

  |accessdate=2011-03-03

}}</ref> He associates with the [[Gilgal Society]],<ref>{{REFweb

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  |first=Brian

  |coauthors=Vernon Quaintance

  |date=2007

  |title=Sex and Circumcision What every Woman needs to know

  |url=http://www.circinfo.net/pdfs/GFW-EN%200712-1.pdf

  |accessdate=2011-02-27

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  |publisher=The Gilgal Society

</ref> and is good friends with [[Bill Gates]].<ref name="Lyons 2010">{{REFweb

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  |title=Saving The World, 2.0

  |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/24/saving-the-world-2-0.html

  |accessdate=2011-03-03

  |date=2010-01-25

  |publisher=Harman Newsweek LLC

  |website=Newsweek

== 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

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  |title=The Use of Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV Infection

  |date=2008

  |publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]]

  |quote=...funding from the United States National Institutes of Health to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Africa.

  |accessdate=2011-03-05

</ref> was carried out in Orange Farm, South Africa under the supervision of Bertran Auvert.<ref name="Auvert PLoS"/> The British medical journal ''The Lancet'' decided against publishing Bertran's study. ''Lancet'' officials, following standard policy at the journal, refused to comment on why the study was turned down.<ref>{{REFnews

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|title=Study says circumcision reduces [[AIDS]] risk by 70%

|publishere=The Wall Street Journal

|pages=A1

}}</ref>

In a Medscape interview, Bertran was asked, "in the group of men who were [[circumcised]], I understand from the presentation that they were advised not to engage in sexual relations for approximately 5 weeks in order to recovery from the surgery. Is that correct?" Bertran replied, "Yes. We were very careful to recommend them to abstain from sex for 44 days, which is about 6 weeks after the surgical procedure, in order that they didn't have any risk of getting infected by [[HIV]] during this healing period."<ref>{{REFweb

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  |date=2005-07-29

  |title=Randomized Clinical Trial Shows Male Circumcision Has Great Potential to Curb HIV Infections in Africa

  |url=http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/509662

  |accessdate=2011-03-03

  |publisher = Medscape

|Text=Bertran Auvert, is so modest about his work, but he has new theories that we're putting money behind and he is just making it work.

|Author=Bill Gates: Discussing Bertran's Circumcision "Studies"

|Source=Newsweek

|ref=<ref name="Lyons 2010"/>

* [[Gilgal Society]] -- Auvert associates with this [[circumfetish]] group.

* [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] -- Auvert is on the staff.

* [[Bill Gates]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Auvert.

* [[Ronald H. Gray]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Auvert.

* [[Stephen Moses]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Auvert.

* [[Robert C. Bailey]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Auvert.

* [[Brian J. Morris]] -- Colleague & Benefactor of Auvert.

* [[National Institutes of Health]] -- Funded Auvert's study.

* [[WHO|World Health Organization]] -- Endorces Auvert's study.

 

 

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