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The VMMC Experience Project was established in 2014 to give a voice to the people affected by the West’s mass circumcision campaign in Africa. Their mission is to empower the most frequently overlooked contingent: Africans. The project director is [[Prince Hillary Maloba]] from Kenya. Their work is currently based in West Kenya and East Uganda. | The VMMC Experience Project was established in 2014 to give a voice to the people affected by the West’s mass circumcision campaign in Africa. Their mission is to empower the most frequently overlooked contingent: Africans. The project director is [[Prince Hillary Maloba]] from Kenya. Their work is currently based in West Kenya and East Uganda. | ||
They sent people with cameras to Uganda and Kenya, who documented the realities of the mass circumcision program. Local investigators conducted interviews with 90 affected men and women | They sent people with cameras to Uganda and Kenya, who documented the realities of the mass circumcision program. Local investigators conducted interviews with 90 affected men and women and found: | ||
* Africans are told circumcision conveys immunity from HIV. | * Africans are told circumcision conveys immunity from HIV. | ||
* Condom use is at an all-time low, and AIDS is on the rise. | * Condom use is at an all-time low, and AIDS is on the rise. | ||
* The program is killing the very people it is supposed to help. | * The program is killing the very people it is supposed to help. | ||
* No follow-up post circumcision (cut-and-release approach). | * No follow-up post circumcision (cut-and-release approach). | ||
* Resentment and outrage among Africans.<ref>http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/africans-speak-out-against-the-mass-circumcision-campaign-300370353. | * Resentment and outrage among Africans.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Africans Speak Out Against the Mass Circumcision Campaign | |||
|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/africans-speak-out-against-the-mass-circumcision-campaign-300370353.htm | |||
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Various representatives from the VMMC Experience Project used the [[MOGiS e.V.|MOGiS]] Press Conference on May 4th in Berlin, Germany, to explain their mission to the world.<ref>https://newswire.net/newsroom/news/00096293-circumcision-in-hiv-battle-pros-and-cons.html</ref> | Various representatives from the VMMC Experience Project used the [[MOGiS e.V.|MOGiS]] Press Conference on May 4th in Berlin, Germany, to explain their mission to the world.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Who's For and Who's Against Circumcision for HIV Prevention | |||
|url=https://newswire.net/newsroom/news/00096293-circumcision-in-hiv-battle-pros-and-cons.html | |||
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|date=2017-05-11 | |||
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==Position of Doctors Opposing Circumcision== | ==Position of Doctors Opposing Circumcision== | ||
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[[Category:Kenya]] | [[Category:Kenya]] | ||
[[Category:Uganda]] | [[Category:Uganda]] | ||
[[Category:Intactivism organization]] | |||
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