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[[VMMC]] stands for "Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision". The [[VMMC]] campaign was officially started by the [[WHO]] in 2007, is funded by the US Presidential Fund [[PEPFAR]] and organized mainly by the US Centers for Disease Control ([[CDC]]). Among its supporters is also [[UNICEF]]. | [[VMMC]] stands for "Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision". The [[VMMC]] campaign was officially started by the [[WHO]] in 2007, is funded by the US Presidential Fund [[PEPFAR]] and organized mainly by the US Centers for Disease Control ([[CDC]]). Among its supporters is also [[UNICEF]]. | ||
[[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 | [[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 | |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/ | |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]]. | }}</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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