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Dr. '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{MD}}, {{MPH}} (RADM, USPHS), is the Director of the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), and a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service.<ref name="CDC">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/nchhstp.html
|title=National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)
|website=CDC
|date=2021-10-01
|accessdate=2021-11-08
}}</ref>
== Curriculum vitae ==
From 2009-2013, Dr. Mermin directed [[CDC]]’s Division of AIDS Prevention, overseeing the agency’s HIV efforts in the United States. He previously served as Director of CDC-Kenya and HHS Public Health Attaché for the U.S. Embassy from 2006-2009, and as Director of CDC-Uganda from 1999-2006. In Uganda, he oversaw implementation of the first antiretroviral treatment program funded by CDC outside of the United States, gaining practical experience for [[PEPFAR]] and supporting widespread HIV treatment efforts in developing countries.<ref name="CDC"/>
== Circumcision statement ==
{{Citation
|Text=The guidelines do not outright call for circumcision of all male newborns, since that is a personal decision that may involve religious or cultural preferences, Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, told the Associated Press.
But “the scientific evidence is clear that the benefits outweigh the risks,” Mermin said.
|Author={{FULLPAGENAME}}
|Source=Physicians News Digest
|ref=<ref>{{REFnews
|last=Thompson
|first=Dennis
|url=https://physiciansnews.com/2014/12/02/cdc-endorses-circumcision-for-health-reasons/
|title=CDC Endorses Circumcision for Health Reasons
|website=Physicians News Digest
|date=2014-12-02
|accessdate=2021-11-08
}}</ref>
}}
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.hiv.gov/authors/jmermin
|title=Jonathan Mermin, M.D., M.P.H., RADM and Assistant Surgeon General, …
|website=HIV.gov
|accessdate=2021-11-08
}}
{{ABBR}}
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mermin, Jonathan}}
[[Category:Person]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Physician]]
[[Category:Promoter]]
[[Category:Surgeon]]
[[Category:Kenya]]
[[Category:Uganda]]
[[Category:USA]]
|url=https://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/nchhstp.html
|title=National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)
|website=CDC
|date=2021-10-01
|accessdate=2021-11-08
}}</ref>
== Curriculum vitae ==
From 2009-2013, Dr. Mermin directed [[CDC]]’s Division of AIDS Prevention, overseeing the agency’s HIV efforts in the United States. He previously served as Director of CDC-Kenya and HHS Public Health Attaché for the U.S. Embassy from 2006-2009, and as Director of CDC-Uganda from 1999-2006. In Uganda, he oversaw implementation of the first antiretroviral treatment program funded by CDC outside of the United States, gaining practical experience for [[PEPFAR]] and supporting widespread HIV treatment efforts in developing countries.<ref name="CDC"/>
== Circumcision statement ==
{{Citation
|Text=The guidelines do not outright call for circumcision of all male newborns, since that is a personal decision that may involve religious or cultural preferences, Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, told the Associated Press.
But “the scientific evidence is clear that the benefits outweigh the risks,” Mermin said.
|Author={{FULLPAGENAME}}
|Source=Physicians News Digest
|ref=<ref>{{REFnews
|last=Thompson
|first=Dennis
|url=https://physiciansnews.com/2014/12/02/cdc-endorses-circumcision-for-health-reasons/
|title=CDC Endorses Circumcision for Health Reasons
|website=Physicians News Digest
|date=2014-12-02
|accessdate=2021-11-08
}}</ref>
}}
{{PUB}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.hiv.gov/authors/jmermin
|title=Jonathan Mermin, M.D., M.P.H., RADM and Assistant Surgeon General, …
|website=HIV.gov
|accessdate=2021-11-08
}}
{{ABBR}}
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mermin, Jonathan}}
[[Category:Person]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Physician]]
[[Category:Promoter]]
[[Category:Surgeon]]
[[Category:Kenya]]
[[Category:Uganda]]
[[Category:USA]]