Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.): Difference between revisions

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==History==

DOC was founded by University of Washington Medical School Professor George C. Denniston, MD, MPH, in 1995 to support genital integrity for children and to discourage the surgical genital modification for cultural practices.

DOC was founded by University of Washington Medical School Professor George C. Denniston, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, in 1995 to support genital integrity for children and to discourage the surgical genital modification for cultural practices.

==Governance==

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==Initiatives==

Doctors Opposing Circumcision has called on Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, ~~M. D.~~, ~~M. P. H.~~, the head of [[PEPFAR]], to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]], because it is ineffective and to re-direct those funds to the provision of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument

Doctors Opposing Circumcision has called on Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the head of [[PEPFAR]], to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]], because it is ineffective and to re-direct those funds to the provision of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) 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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 ==History==
-DOC was founded by University of Washington Medical School Professor George C. Denniston, MD, MPH, in 1995 to support genital integrity for children and to discourage the surgical genital modification for cultural practices.
+DOC was founded by University of Washington Medical School Professor George C. Denniston, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, in 1995 to support genital integrity for children and to discourage the surgical genital modification for cultural practices.
 ==Governance==
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 ==Initiatives==
-Doctors Opposing Circumcision has called on Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, M. D., M. P. H., the head of [[PEPFAR]], to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]], because it is ineffective and to re-direct those funds to the provision of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument
+Doctors Opposing Circumcision has called on Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the head of [[PEPFAR]], to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]], because it is ineffective and to re-direct those funds to the provision of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) 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