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Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is the leading U.S.-based Catholic charity focused exclusively on global healthcare.<ref>{{REFweb
The '''Catholic Medical Mission Board''' (CMMB) is the leading U.S.-based Catholic charity focused exclusively on global healthcare.<ref>{{REFweb
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}}</ref> CMMB’s [[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program|Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]] (VMMC) program has been active in Kenya since 2007. CMMB trains local healthcare professionals to carry out circumcisions, which they claim "builds the local healthcare capacity and ensures sustainability." CMMB provides technical assistance, including training for the surgeons, in additional to medical supplies. CMMB has sub-granted to local community-based partners Family Health Support Initiative (FAHSI) and The Organization for Developing People's Ability (TODEPA) to conduct awareness campaigns targeting district political and religious leaders. CMMB began offering VMMC services at the Mpanshya Mission Hospital in the Chongwe District of Zambia in July 2010. CMMB Works Closely with the Ugandan Government to Provide Circumcision Services.<ref name="cmmb">{{REFweb
}}</ref> CMMB’s [[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]] (VMMC) program has been active in Kenya since 2007.  
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CMMB trains local healthcare professionals to carry out [[Circumcision| circumcisions]], which they claim "builds the local healthcare capacity and ensures sustainability." CMMB provides technical assistance, including training for the surgeons, in additional to medical supplies. CMMB has sub-granted to local community-based partners ''Family Health Support Initiative'' (FAHSI) and ''The Organization for Developing People's Ability'' (TODEPA) to conduct awareness campaigns targeting district political and religious leaders.  
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CMMB began offering VMMC services at the Mpanshya Mission Hospital in the Chongwe District of Zambia in July 2010. CMMB Works Closely with the Ugandan Government to Provide Circumcision Services.<ref name="cmmb">{{REFweb
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Tte Roman Catholic Church prohibited circumcision in 1442.<ref>{{REFconference
|last=Pope Eugenius IV
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/councilflorence/
|title=Bull of Union with the Copts
|publisher=Norman P. Tanner (translator)
|place=Ecumenical Council of Florence, Session 11
|date=1442-02-04
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== Goals Met ==
== Goals met ==
According to CMMB's website:<ref name="cmmb"/>
According to CMMB's website:<ref name="cmmb"/>
* Educated in sexual health: '''2,122'''
* Educated in sexual health: '''2,122'''
* Parents told of circ benefits: '''6,212'''
* Parents told of circ benefits: '''6,212'''
* Individuals tested for HIV: '''12,117'''
* Individuals tested for [[HIV]]: '''12,117'''
* Circumcisions performed: '''15,943'''
* Circumcisions performed: '''15,943'''
* Sites providing circumcision: '''31'''
* Sites providing circumcision: '''31'''


{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
*[[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program]]
* [[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]]
* [[United States of America]]
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[[Category:Circumcision in Africa]]


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[[Category:Kenya]]
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[[Category:Uganda]]
[[Category:USA]]
[[Category:Zambia]]


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