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[[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
== Circumcision program termination ==
|title=New PEPFAR Waiver Scraps Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program
[[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
|url=https://healthtimes.co.zw/2025/02/07/new-pepfar-waiver-scraps-voluntary-medical-male-circumcision-program/
|last=Gwarisa
|first=Michael
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|date=2025-02-07
|accessdate=2025-02-15
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}}</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.
 
== 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
  |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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== Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision ==
== Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision ==


USAID's support of what they call the "[[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]] program: VMMC" also focused on [[Kenya]].<ref>{{REFweb
USAID's support of what they call the "[[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]] program: VMMC" also focused on Kenya.<ref>{{REFweb
  |quote=USAID/Kenya’s [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] program is supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]). This five-year, $48 billion program, is led by the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, in conjunction with USAID, the Department of Health and Human Services (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the Department of Defense (DOD), the U.S. Peace Corps, and the Department of State.
  |quote=USAID/Kenya’s [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] program is supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]). This five-year, $48 billion program, is led by the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, in conjunction with USAID, the Department of Health and Human Services (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the Department of Defense (DOD), the U.S. Peace Corps, and the Department of State.
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