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The World Health Organization endorses male circumcision as an HIV prevention method based on the three RCTs in Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda.<ref>{{cite webREFweb | last= | first= | year=2011 | title=Male circumcision for HIV prevention | url = http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ | title publisher= Male circumcision for HIV preventionWorld Health Organization | accessdate = 2011-05-06 }}</ref> {{Citation| Title=WHO Endorses Circumcision as HIV Prevention| Text=...male circumcision should be considered an efficacious intervention for HIV prevention in countries and regions with heterosexual epidemics, high HIV and low male circumcision prevalence.| date Author= 2011 | publisher Source= [[WHO|World Health Organization]]| lang=| before=| after=| Transcription=| Translation=| ref=<ref>[http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ World Health Organization. ''Male circumcision for HIV prevention.'' (2011)]</ref>

{{Quote box |title = <small>WHO Endorses Circumcision as HIV Prevention</small> |quote = ...male circumcision should be considered an efficacious intervention for HIV prevention in countries and regions with heterosexual epidemics, high HIV and low male circumcision prevalence. |source = --[http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ World Health Organization. ''Male circumcision for HIV prevention.'' (2011)] |align = left |width = 55% |quoted = yes}}<BR CLEAR="all">On their [http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ website], they acknowledge that, even if the latest "studies" were correct,"[m]ale circumcision provides only partial protection," and that it should be part of a "comprehensive HIV prevention package" that includes HIV testing and counseling services, treatment for STD infections, the promotion of safer sex practices and the provision of condoms and the promotion of their correct and consistent use.

==Chief Expert on Circumcision== [[David R. Tomlinson]] is the inventor of the [[AccuCirc]] device.<ref>{{cite newsREFnews | first last= PaulaKatz | last first= Paula S. Katz | title = Night work without burnout | date coauthors= 2008-09 | url = http://todayshospitalist.com/index.php?b=articles_read&cnt=647 | title=Night work = Today's Hospitalistwithout burnout | accessdate date= 20112008-09-26 | publisher=Today's Hospitalist | quote = ...an invention: a circumcision tool to help prevent HIV that has recently been cleared by the FDA. | accessdate=2011-09-26}}</ref> He also ''just so happens to be'' the "chief expert on circumcision" at the World Health Organization.<ref>{{cite news | first = MollyREFnews | last = Hennessy-Fiske | title first= Injuries linked to circumcision clampsMolly | date coauthors= 2011-09-26 | url = http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-circumcision-20110926,0,4367816.story | work title= Los Angeles TimesInjuries linked to circumcision clamps | accessdate date= 2011-09-2526 | publisher=Los Angeles Times | quote = Dr. David Tomlinson, who teaches family medicine at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and serves as the World Health Organization's chief expert on circumcision. | accessdate=2011-09-25}}</ref>

 The Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), together with the WHO Department of HIV/AIDS and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ([[UNAIDS]]), launched a number of new initiatives in 2006–2007.<ref name="for control">{{cite webREFweb | last= | first= | year=2011 | title=Male circumcision for HIV control | url = http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/rtis/male_circumcision/en/ | title publisher= Male circumcision for HIV controlWorld Health Organization | accessdate = 2011-05-06 | date = 2011 | publisher = World Health Organization}}</ref>

In partnership with other WHO departments, UNAIDS, and the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO), the Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) has developed a Manual for male infant circumcision under local anaesthesia.<ref>{{REFbook | last=World Health Organization; JHPIEGO | first= | year= Assesment 2010 | title=Manual for early infant male circumcision under local anaesthesia | url=http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241500753_eng.pdf | editor= | edition= | volume= | chapter= | pages= | location=Geneva, Switzerland | publisher=WHO Document Production Services | isbn=9789241500753 | note= | accessdate=2011-06-01}}</ref><ref name="for control"/> The manual is intended for use by clinical officers, who can be trained to perform uncomplicated circumcision, and to refer more complex cases. The manual is expected to be published in 2011. The manual itself is supported by training guides and a certification framework, to facilitate the upgrading of skills of officers who are not otherwise authorized to perform surgery. === Assessment ''Toolkit'' ===

== See Also =={{SEEALSO}}*[[David R. Tomlinson]] -- AccuCirc Inventor. "Chief circumcision expert" at the W.H.O.*[[AccuCirc]] -- Circumcision device, invented by the "chief circumcision expert" at the W.H.O.*[[UNAIDS]] -- Related to the W.H.O.