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'''Bertran Auvert ''' is a [[Bias|biased ]] pro-circumcision researcher of French origin who has been a circumcision proponent since at least 2003.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Rain-Taljaard RC, |first=R.C. |last2=Lagarde |first2=E, . |last3=Taljaard DJ, |first3=D.J. |last4=Campbell |first4=C, . |last5=MacPhail |first5=C, . |last6=Williams |first6=B, . |last7=Auvert |first7=B. Potential for an intervention based on male circumcision in a South African town with high levels of HIV infection. Aids Care 2003;15(3):315 |author7-27</ref><ref>Rain-Taljaard RC, Lagarde E, Taljaard DJ, Campbell C, MacPhail C, Williams B, link=Bertran Auvert B. |title=Potential for an intervention based on male circumcision in a South African town with high levels of HIV infection. |journal=Aids Care |year=2003; |volume=15( |issue=3): |pages=315-27. [PubMed]327}}</ref> Auvert was responsible for one of the three latest African circumcision trials, <refname="Auvert PLoS">{{REFjournal
|last=Auvert
|first=Bertran
|author-link=Bertran Auvert
|first2=Dirk
|last2=Taljaard
|first6=Adrian
|last6=Puren
|date=2005-10-252525
|title=Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial
|journal=PLoS Med
|volume=2
|issue=November 2005
|pages=e298
|url=http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020298
|accessdate=2011-03-03
}}</ref> which are being used by the [[WHO|World Health Organization]] to endorse circumcision as an HIV prevention method.<ref>{{REFweb
|last=World Health Oranization
|first=
|url=http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/index.html
|accessdate=2011-03-03
}}</ref> He associates with the [[Gilgal Society]],<ref>{{REFweb
|last=Morris
|first=Brian
|author-link=Brian J. Morris
|coauthors=Vernon Quaintance
|date=2007
|publisher=The Gilgal Society
}}
</ref> and is good friends with [[Bill Gates]].<refname="Lyons 2010">{{REFweb
|last=Lyons
|first=Daniel
== Auvert's Circumcision Study ==
An {{#tip-text:RCT |Randomized controlled trial}} funded by the United States [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH)<ref name='DOC 2008'>{{REFnews
|url=http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html
|title=The Use of Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV Infection
|date=2008
|publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]]
|quote=...funding from the United States National Institutes of Health to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Africa.
|accessdate=2011-03-05
}}
</ref> was carried out in Orange Farm, South Africa under the supervision of Bertran Auvert.<ref>name="Auvert B, Taljaard D, Lagarde E, Sobngwi-Tambekou J, Sitta R, et al. (2005) Randomized, controlled intervention trial of male circumcision for reduction of HIV infection risk: The ANRS 1265 trial. PLoS Med 2:e298. [http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020298 Full Text]<"/ref> The British medical journal the ''The Lancet '' decided against publishing Bertran's study. ''Lancet '' officials, following standard policy at the journal, refused to comment on why the study was turned down.<ref>{{REFnews |last=Schoofs, |first=M, . |last2=Lueck, |first2=S, & |last3=Phillips, MM |first3=M.M. ( |date=2005, July -07-05). |title=Study says circumcision reduces AIDS risk by 70%. |publishere=The Wall Street Journal, p. |pages=A1.}}</ref>
In a Medscape interview, Bertran was asked, "in the group of men who were circumcised, I understand from the presentation that they were advised not to engage in sexual relations for approximately 5 weeks in order to recovery from the surgery. Is that correct?" Bertran replied, "Yes. We were very careful to recommend them to abstain from sex for 44 days, which is about 6 weeks after the surgical procedure, in order that they didn't have any risk of getting infected by HIV during this healing period."<ref>{{REFweb
|last=Medscape
|first=
|publisher = Medscape
}}</ref> Later in the interview he says "We also have 2 ongoing trials in Uganda and Kenya." (Notice the word "We" here.)
Boyle & Hill (2011) have shown these coordinated RCTs to be have significant methodological flaws and statistical errors that render their claims invalid. Although a 60 percent ''relative'' reduction in HIV was claimed, the ''absolute'' reduction was a statistically insignificant 1.3 percent.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{REFjournal
|last=Boyle
|first=Gregory J.
|author-link=
|last2=Hill
|first2=George
|author2-link=George Hill
|title=Sub-Saharan African randomised clinical trials into male circumcision and HIV transmission: Methodological, ethical and legal concerns
|journal=J Law Med
|date=2011-12
|volume=19
|issue=2
|pages=316-334
|url=http://www.salem-news.com/fms/pdf/2011-12_JLM-Boyle-Hill.pdf
|quote=
|pubmedID=22320006
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|accessdate=2020-04-10
}}</ref>
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* [{{REFjournal |url=http://mediatheque.lecrips.net/doc_num.php?explnum_id=36743 " |title=La circoncision est efficace dans la vraie vie"] |trans-title=Circumcision is effective in real life |language=French |date=2011-12 |journal=TRANSCRIPTASES. VIH et virus des hépatites |volume=147 |accessdate=2020-03-27}}* {{REFweb |url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Bertran-Auvert/2453633 |title=Bertran Auvert: Publications |publisher=Semantic Scholar |accessdate=2020-03-27}}
== Bill Gates ==
{{Citation
|Text=Bertran Auvert, is so modest about his work, but he has new theories that we're putting money behind and he is just making it work.
|Author=Bill Gates: Discussing Bertran's Circumcision "Studies"
|Source=Newsweek
|ref=<ref>{{REFnews |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/24/saving-the-world-2-0.html |lastname="Lyons |first=D. |date=2010-01-25 |title=Saving the world, 2.0 |publisher=Newsweek}}<"/ref>
}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Bias]]
* [[Gilgal Society]] -- Auvert associates with this [[circumfetish]] group.
* [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] -- Auvert is on the staff.
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