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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
|init=RC
|issue=3
|pages=315-327
}}</ref> Auvert was responsible for one the first (2005) of the three latest discredited African circumcision trials,<ref name="Auvert PLoS">{{RCT Auvert et al 2005}}</ref> which are still being used by the [[WHO|World Health Organization]] to endorse promote [[circumcision ]] as an [[HIV]] prevention method.<ref>{{REFweb
|last=World Health Oranization
|first=
|author-link=WHO
|year=2007
|title=WHO Male circumcision for HIV prevention
|url=http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/index.html
}}</ref>
== Auvert's Circumcision Study 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
}}</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=
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">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref>
== Population-based studies ==
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