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[[PEPFAR]] ignominiously ended the provision of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys under age 15 in November 2019 due to significant, complications, injuries, and other abuses.
== Circumcision Scale-Up termination ==
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
}}</ref> Numerous studies have demonstrated that [[adult circumcision]] is not effective in preventing [[HIV]] [[infection]].
PEPFAR ignominiously ended the provision of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys under age 15 in November 2019 due to significant, [[Complication| complications]], injuries, and other abuses.USAID has studied the "scale-up" of circumcision in Africa and shows support for circumcision in numerous places on its website.<ref name='usaid-circ-hiv-factsheet'>{{REFweb |last= |first= |date= |title=Research: Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention |url=http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/TechAreas/research/mcfactsheet.html |publisher=USAID |accessdate=2011-03-24}}</ref><ref name='usaid-male-circ'>{{REFweb |last= |first= |date= |title=Male Circumcision |url=http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/TechAreas/prevention/malecircumcision.html |publisher=USAID |accessdate=2011-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews |last=Clark |first=S. |first2=I. |last2=Fua |url=http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACS892.pdf |title=Program and Policy Implications for HIV Prevention and Reproductive Health |date=2003-05 |publisher=USAID/AIDSMark |quote=Male Circumcision: Current Epidemiological and Field Evidence |accessdate=2011-03-24 |place = Washington, D.C.}}</ref><ref name='usaid-hiv-circ'>{{REFweb |last= |first= |date= |title=Fighting HIV with Circumcision |url=http://blog.usaid.gov/2010/12/fighting-hiv-with-circumcision/ |publisher=USAID |accessdate=2011-03-24}}</ref>
== Accelerated Saturation Initiative ==