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The Government of Kenya (GOK) through the support of the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (MOPHS), the National [[AIDS ]] and STIs Control Programme (NASCOP) and Department of Health Promotion, as well as [[C-Change]], [[CDC]], FHI, PSI, [[UNICEF]] and the implementing partners (NRHS, IRDO, FACES , APHIA II Nyanza Program and the CMMB) have launched a '''Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision ''' (VMMC) program in Kenya.<ref>{{cite webREFweb |last= |first= |date= |title=Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision | url = http://www.c-hubonline.org/7815/ | title publisher= Voluntary Medical Male CircumcisionC-Hub | accessdate = 2011-04-29 | publisher = C-Hub}}</ref>

{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Newly circumcised male encouraging man to get circumcised</small> |quote Text= I think they should get circumcised |source Author= |Source=VMMC |ref= <smallref>--Newly Circumcised Male Character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8baq-d-Y5Q#t=0m46s VMMC Soccer Videos From Kenya, 00:46. (2010)]</smallref> |align = center |width = 45% |quoted = yes

{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Woman encouraging man to get circumcised</small> |quote Text= it protects your balls |source Author= |Source=VMMC |ref= <smallref>--Female Character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8baq-d-Y5Q#t=1m05s VMMC Soccer Videos From Kenya, 01:05. (2010)]</smallref> |align = center |width = 45% |quoted = yes

{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Newly circumcised male encouraging man to get circumcised</small> |quote Text= It makes you strong |source Author= |Source=VMMC |ref= <smallref>--Newly Circumcised Male Character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8baq-d-Y5Q#t=0m46s VMMC Soccer Videos From Kenya, 00:46. (2010)]</smallref> |align = center |width = 45% |quoted = yes

{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Woman encouraging man to get circumcised</small> |quote Text= Once your foreskin is tough... your [[skin ]] doesn't bruise easily |source Author= |Source=VMMC |ref= <smallref>--Female Character & Newly Circumcised Male Character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8baq-d-Y5Q#t=2m24s VMMC Soccer Videos, 02:24. (2010)]</smallref> |align = center |width = 45% |quoted = yes

{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Woman encouraging man to get circumcised</small> |quote Text= washing your penis becomes so easy |source Author= |Source=VMMC |ref= <smallref>--Female Character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8baq-d-Y5Q#t=2m58s VMMC Soccer Videos From Kenya, 02:58. (2010)]</smallref> |align = center |width = 45% |quoted = yes

{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Woman encouraging man to get circumcised</small> |quote Text= once it gets to half-time, you also get a cut [get circumcised] |source Author= |Source=VMMC |ref= <smallref>--Female Character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8baq-d-Y5Q#t=3m19s VMMC Soccer Videos From Kenya, 03:19. (2010)]</smallref> |align = center |width = 45% |quoted = yes

{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Woman discouraging man from getting tested</small> |quote Text= "Let me ask you, you have to get tested?" The female character responds "It's not a must." |source Author= |Source=VMMC |ref= <smallref>--Female Character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8baq-d-Y5Q#t=4m26s VMMC Soccer Videos From Kenya, 04:26. (2010)]</smallref> |align = center |width = 45% |quoted = yes

{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Woman encouraging man to get circumcised</small> |quote Text= Use a condom. All the time. ALL THE TIME! |source Author= |Source=VMMC |ref= <smallref>--Female Character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8baq-d-Y5Q#t=8m37s VMMC Soccer Videos From Kenya, 08:37. (2010)]</smallref> |align = center |width = 45% |quoted = yes

{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Newly circumcised male encouraging man to get circumcised</small> |quote Text= You are a man. Not a dog. |source Author= |Source=VMMC |ref= <smallref>--Newly Circumcised Male Character, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8baq-d-Y5Q#t=8m26s VMMC Soccer Videos From Kenya, 08:26. (2010)]</smallref> |align = center |width = 45% |quoted = yes

<center><youtube>hzU_uK1tCsA</youtube>A YouTube video with short video vignettes with a soccer theme that was field tested in communal video houses in Nyanza, Kenya during the 2010 World Cup Soccer broadcasts, has been removed from the web already.<ref>{{cite webREFweb |date=2010-12 |title=VMMC Soccer Videos from Kenya | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzU_uK1tCsA | title publisher= VMMC Soccer Videos from Kenya.m4v | accessdate = 2011-04-28}}</ref> But the FIFA website still shows information and video material about Kenyan campaigns for motivating the youth to "make the cut" through football messages.<ref>{{REFweb | date url=https://www.fifa.com/football-development/news/vijana-amani-pamoja-helping-kenyan-youth-3021514 |title= December 2010Vijana Amani Pamoja helping Kenyan youth | work date= VMMC.m4v2019-03-29 | publisher accessdate= YouTube2022-04-12}} Short video vignettes with a soccer theme that was field tested in communal video houses in Nyanza, Kenya during the 2010 World Cup Soccer broadcasts.</ref></center>

==See AlsoInflated male circumcision data ==*In 2021, a fact-checking study by the US [[Catholic Medical Mission BoardCDC]]has confirmed as false previous data claiming ridiculously high male circumcision rates in Kenya’s [[HIV]] control programme. The report published on Thursday (July 15, 2021) in the journal Plos One says the fact-checking had been provoked by conflicting reports of huge success and yet persistent high demand suggesting a need for more funding. The 2018 report had claimed success rates of more than 100 per cent in Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay and Migori counties.<ref>{{REFnews |url=https://www.rocketsciences.co.ke/2021/07/16/us-cdc-confirms-kenya-falsified-male-circumcision-data/ |title=US CDC confirms Kenya inflated male circumcision data |date=2021-07-16 |website=Rocket Science |accessdate=2021-07-27}}</ref>==Circumcision does not prevent HIV infection===== Population-based studies ==={{Population-based studies}}===Two African surveys===The previously reported studies were from developed Western nations. Now we have information from Sub_Saharan Africa.

In his first report, Garenne presented the findings from a study in Lesotho, the enclave in South Africa. He reported:<blockquote>In couple studies, the effect of circumcision and VMMC on HIV was not significant, with similar transmission from female to male and male to female. The study questions the amount of effort and money spent on VMMC in Lesotho.<ref name="garenne2022A">{{REFjournal |last=Garenne |first=Michel |init=M |author-link=Michel Garenne |title=Changing relationships between HIV prevalence and circumcision in Lesotho |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35373731/ |date=2022-04-04 |journal=J Biosoc Sci |volume=online ahead of print |pages=1-16 |DOI=10.1017/S0021932022000153 |pubmedID=35373731 |accessdate=2022-11-07}}</ref> </blockquote>  In his second report, Garenne (2022) presented information from six Sub-Saharan African nations (Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe). He reported:<blockquote> "Results matched earlier observations made in South Africa that [[circumcised]] and [[intact]] men had similar levels of HIV infection."<ref name="garenne2022B">{{REFjournal |last=Garenne |first=Michael |init=M |author-link= |etal=no |title=Age-incidence and prevalence of HIV among intact and circumcised men: an analysis of PHIA surveys in Southern Africa |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Biosoc Sci |location= |date=2022-10-26 |season= |volume= |issue= |article= |page= |pages=1-13 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science/article/abs/ageincidence-and-prevalence-of-hiv-among-intact-and-circumcised-men-an-analysis-of-phia-surveys-in-southern-africa/CAA7E7BD5A9844F41C6B7CC3573B9E50 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=36286328 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1017/S0021932022000414 |accessdate=2022-11-07}}</ref></blockquote>{{SEEALSO}}* [[Catholic Medical Mission Board]]* [[VMMC Experience Project]] {{REF}} [[Category:ProgramsProgram]]

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