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It may also be due to the influence of [[David R. Tomlinson]] who has invented several circumcision devices, including the [[AccuCirc]] which he merchandises. Tomlinson is the WHO adviser on circumcision, so he is unlikely to recommend against circumcision due to his apparent conflict-of interest.
The [[bias]] toward male circumcision may also come from the [[World_Health_Organization#Guideline_Development_Group_.28GDG.29| Guideline Development Group]], which is a large committee charged with the task of recommending "new guidelines on male circumcision". A survey of the committee revealed that it is overwhelmingly peopled with circumcision-biased individuals.
Large population-based surveys show that male circumcision has little or no effect on preventing HIV infection.
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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|title=Circumcision and Risk of HIV Among Males From Ontario, Canada
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|quote=We found that circumcision was not independently associated with the risk of acquiring HIV among men from Ontario, Canada.
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}}</ref> [[Morten Frisch]] and 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">{{REFjournal
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|title=Non-therapeutic male circumcision in infancy or childhood and risk of human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections: national cohort study in Denmark
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Whatever the influences may be, Tedros has done nothing in his nearly five-years in office to reform the mess that he inherited when he took office, so the mutilation of boys and men by [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]] continues.
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