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===Male circumcision=== | ===Male circumcision=== | ||
The WHO has maintained a difficult, erroneous, and unsatisfactory position on male circumcision (MC) to prevent female to male [[HIV]] infection at least since 2007. | The WHO has maintained a difficult, erroneous, and unsatisfactory position on male circumcision (MC) to prevent female to male [[HIV]] infection at least since 2007. ''The Lancet'' published reports of two African RCTs in February 2007 and the WHO immediately convened a conference at Montreux, Switzerland on 6–8 March 2007 to consider the reports. In a rush to judgment, the meeting prepared detailed recommendations for the adoption of male circumcision as prophylaxis against HIV infection. The recommendations became official policy on 28 March 2007.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Dowsett | |||
|first=Gary W. | |||
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|title=Male circumcision and HIV prevention: is there really enough of the right kind of evidence? | |||
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|journal=Reprod Health Matters | |||
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|date=2007-05 | |||
|volume=15 | |||
|issue=29 | |||
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|pages=33-44 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/HIV/dowsett2007/ | |||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||