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[[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.
[[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.


== Circumcision Scale-Up ==
== Circumcision termination ==
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
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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.
PEPFAR ignominiously ended the provision of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys under age 15 in November 2019 due to significant, [[Complication| complications]], injuries, and other abuses.
USAID has studied the "scale-up" of circumcision in Africa and shows support for circumcision in numerous places on its website.<ref name='usaid-circ-hiv-factsheet'>{{REFweb
|last=
|first=
|date=
|title=Research: Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention
|url=http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/TechAreas/research/mcfactsheet.html
|publisher=USAID
|accessdate=2011-03-24
}}</ref><ref name='usaid-male-circ'>{{REFweb
|last=
|first=
|date=
|title=Male Circumcision
|url=http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/TechAreas/prevention/malecircumcision.html
|publisher=USAID
|accessdate=2011-03-24
}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews
|last=Clark
|first=S.
|first2=I.
|last2=Fua
|url=http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACS892.pdf
|title=Program and Policy Implications for HIV Prevention and Reproductive Health
|date=2003-05
|publisher=USAID/AIDSMark
|quote=Male Circumcision: Current Epidemiological and Field Evidence
|accessdate=2011-03-24
|place = Washington, D.C.
}}</ref><ref name='usaid-hiv-circ'>{{REFweb
|last=
|first=
|date=
|title=Fighting HIV with Circumcision
|url=http://blog.usaid.gov/2010/12/fighting-hiv-with-circumcision/
|publisher=USAID
|accessdate=2011-03-24
}}</ref>


== Accelerated Saturation Initiative ==
== Accelerated Saturation Initiative ==
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