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The '''President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief''' ('''PEPFAR''') is a United States governmental initiative to address the global [[HIV]] epidemic and help save the lives of those suffering from the disease. Launched by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003 on the advice of [[Anthony Fauci]], PEPFAR has provided more than $85 billion in cumulative funding for [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] treatment, prevention, and research since its inception, making it the largest global health program focused on a single disease in history.

PEPFAR ~~has begun providing money~~ (~~United States tax dollars~~) ~~for~~ male circumcision ~~programs~~.<ref>{{~~REFweb~~

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

|last=~~The White House~~

|title=New PEPFAR Waiver Scraps Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program

|first=

|url=https://healthtimes.co.zw/2025/02/07/new-pepfar-waiver-scraps-voluntary-medical-male-circumcision-program/

|~~date~~=~~2010~~-~~10-01~~

|last=Gwarisa

|~~title~~=~~World AIDS Day at the White House~~

|first=Michael

|~~url~~=~~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v~~=~~60uUA0uGOkc#t=22m38s~~

|init=

|accessdate=~~2011~~-04-10

|author-link=

}}</ref> ~~Focus countries~~ have ~~been invited to request program funding to increase access to the procedure~~.

|publisher=Healthtimes

|website=

|date=2025-02-07

|accessdate=2025-02-15

|format=

|quote=

}}</ref> Numerous studies have demonstrated that circumcision is not effective in preventing 00HIV]] 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.

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 The '''President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief''' ('''PEPFAR''') is a United States governmental initiative to address the global [[HIV]] epidemic and help save the lives of those suffering from the disease. Launched by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003 on the advice of [[Anthony Fauci]], PEPFAR has provided more than $85 billion in cumulative funding for [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] treatment, prevention, and research since its inception, making it the largest global health program focused on a single disease in history.
-PEPFAR has begun providing money (United States tax dollars) for male circumcision programs.<ref>{{REFweb
+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
-  |last=The White House
+ |title=New PEPFAR Waiver Scraps Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program
-  |first=
+ |url=https://healthtimes.co.zw/2025/02/07/new-pepfar-waiver-scraps-voluntary-medical-male-circumcision-program/
-  |date=2010-10-01
+  |last=Gwarisa
-  |title=World AIDS Day at the White House
+  |first=Michael
-  |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60uUA0uGOkc#t=22m38s
+  |init=
-  |accessdate=2011-04-10
+ |author-link=
-}}</ref> Focus countries have been invited to request program funding to increase access to the procedure.
+  |publisher=Healthtimes
+  |website=
+ |date=2025-02-07
+  |accessdate=2025-02-15
+ |format=
+ |quote=
+}}</ref> Numerous studies have demonstrated that circumcision is not effective in preventing 00HIV]] 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.