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==Position of Doctors Opposing Circumcision==

[[George C. Denniston]], ~~M. D.~~, M. P. H., the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)| Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, ~~M.D.~~, M. P. H., (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]) has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of HIV infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument

[[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, M. P. H., the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)| Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, M.P.H., (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]) has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of HIV infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument

|title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision

|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf

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 ==Position of Doctors Opposing Circumcision==
-[[George C. Denniston]], M. D., M. P. H., the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)| Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, M.D., M. P. H., (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]])  has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of HIV infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument
+[[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, M. P. H., the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)| Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, M.P.H., (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]])  has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of HIV infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument
   |title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision
   |url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf