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Kenya officially adopted the device [...] in 2016 to expand safe circumcision methods. However, the uptake has been sluggish. The manufacturer says it has abandoned the project and is now offloading it to interested buyers. <q>Circ Medtech, the PrePex manufacturer, was unable to remove unreasonable WHO-imposed restrictions which have materially disadvantaged the product as compared to other circumcision methods for several years now", company CEO Eddy Horowitz said.<ref>{{REFweb | Kenya officially adopted the device [...] in 2016 to expand safe circumcision methods. However, the uptake has been sluggish. The manufacturer says it has abandoned the project and is now offloading it to interested buyers. <q>Circ Medtech, the PrePex manufacturer, was unable to remove unreasonable [[WHO]]-imposed restrictions which have materially disadvantaged the product as compared to other circumcision methods for several years now", company CEO Eddy Horowitz said.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-07-04-bloodless-painless-circumcision-device-abandoned/ | |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-07-04-bloodless-painless-circumcision-device-abandoned/ | ||
|title='Bloodless painless' circumcision device abandoned | |title='Bloodless painless' circumcision device abandoned | ||
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The PrePex was withdrawn from the market in 2019. | The PrePex was withdrawn from the market in 2019. | ||
==Circumcision does not prevent HIV infection== | ==Circumcision does not prevent HIV infection== | ||
=== Population-based studies === | === Population-based studies === | ||