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== PEPFAR's African Safaris == | == PEPFAR's African Safaris == | ||
From a blog.AIDS.gov entry by Jeffrey S. Crowley, | From a blog.AIDS.gov entry by Jeffrey S. Crowley, {{MPH}}, Director, Office of National AIDS Policy dated 26 May 2011:<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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[[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, | [[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)| Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, dated 29 June 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=Letter to Deborah L. Birx, M.D. | |title=Letter to Deborah L. Birx, M.D. | ||
|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf | |url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf | ||