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|Title=Goals
|Text=The Clearinghouse exists to expand global access to information and resources on male circumcision for [[HIV ]] prevention. The Clearinghouse aims to provide current evidence-based guidance, information and resources to support the delivery of safe male circumcision services in countries that choose to scale up male circumcision as one component of comprehensive [[HIV ]] prevention services.
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Their actual goal is to function as a propaganda arm of the pro-circ agenda in Africa and to function as a marketing tool for the mass circumcision campaign. The research on their site is [[Bias| heavily biased]] in favor of [[circumcision]]. Their funder, FHI360, is a "social marketing" outfit, essentially a PR firm established for the purpose of changing people's behavior for ostensibly socially positive ends. According to their website, FHI "serves as the webmaster for the Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for [[HIV ]] Prevention, and in partnership with [[WHO]], [[UNAIDS]] and AVAC, develops and selects content for the site."
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|Title=Goals
|Text=The Male Circumcision Consortium (MCC) works with the Government of Kenya and other partners to prevent [[HIV ]] and save lives by expanding access to safe and voluntary male circumcision services.
FHI, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and EngenderHealth are partners in the Male Circumcision Consortium. The MCC is funded by a grant to FHI from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from August 2007 to February 2013.
Support the Government of Kenya and other partners in developing and implementing a national male circumcision strategy.
Expand a male circumcision research and training center in western Kenya to train providers, build the capacity of health facilities, and monitor clinical outcomes.
Identify and address any misunderstandings about male circumcision for [[HIV ]] prevention.Conduct research to identify the safest, most effective ways to provide voluntary male circumcision as part of a comprehensive package of [[HIV ]] prevention services.
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision and HIV]]
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/alleged-medical-benefits/hivaids/
|title=HIV/AIDS
|publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision
|date=2020
|accessdate=2020-07-16
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