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* This statement claims that circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection in Africa by 60 percent, however the RCTs on which is based have been shown to have disabling statistical faults with only a 1 percent reduction at best.<ref>{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref>
* This statement proposes [[circumcision]] as a treatment for [[phimosis]] and [[paraphimosis]] in boys, but makes no mention of the effectiveness of non-invasive manual [[stretching]] to relieve phimosis and paraphimosis.
* This statement proposes circumcision as a treatment for [[Balanitis| balanoposthitis]] but fails to mention conservative, non-invasive, accurate diagnosis of the cause and specific appropriate treatment as a better alternative.<ref name="edwards1996">{{REFjournal
|last=Edwards
|first=Sarah
|init=S
|author-link=
|title=Balanitis and balanoposthitis: a review
|journal=Genitourin Med
|date=1996
|volume=72
|issue=
|pages=155-9
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1195642/pdf/genitmed00009-0009.pdf
|quote=
|pubmedID=8707315
|pubmedCID=195642
|DOI=10.1136/sti.72.3.155
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2023-04-09
}}</ref>
{{REF}}