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The 2007 RCTs in Kenya and Uganda were funded by NIAID director [[Anthony Fauci]]. | The 2007 RCTs in Kenya and Uganda were funded by NIAID director [[Anthony Fauci]]. | ||
[[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 | |||
|title=New PEPFAR Waiver Scraps Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program | |||
|url=https://healthtimes.co.zw/2025/02/07/new-pepfar-waiver-scraps-voluntary-medical-male-circumcision-program/ | |||
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|date=2025-02-07 | |||
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}}</ref> The [[United States]] government will no longer pay for harmful circumcisions in Africa. | |||
== 60% HIV protection myth == | == 60% HIV protection myth == | ||
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}}</ref><ref name="frisch2021">{{FrischM SimonsenJ 2021}}</ref> | }}</ref><ref name="frisch2021">{{FrischM SimonsenJ 2021}}</ref> | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[HIV]] | |||
* [[South Africa]] | * [[South Africa]] | ||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||