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| align="center" | '''Associates with:'''
| align="center" | [[Ronald H. Gray]]<br>[[Stephen Moses]]<br>[[Robert C. Bailey]]<br>[[Brian J. Morris]]<br>[[Bill Gates]]
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| align="right" | [[Image:Bill gates visit.jpg|175px]]<br>[[Bill Gates]], [[Bertran Auvert]],<br>Dirk Taljaard, Cynthia Nhlapo
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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
|firstinit=R.C.RC
|last2=Lagarde
|first2init2=E.
|last3=Taljaard
|first3init3=D.J.DJ
|last4=Campbell
|first4init4=C.
|last5=MacPhail
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|last7=Auvert
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|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
|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">{{REFjournal |last=RCT Auvert |first=Bertran |author-link=Bertran Auvert |first2=Dirk |last2=Taljaard |first3=Emmanuel |last3=Lagarde |first4=Joëlle |last4=Sobngwi-Tambekou |first5=Rémi |last5=Sitta |first6=Adrian |last6=Puren |date=et al 2005-10-25 |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 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
|title=The Use of Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV Infection
|date=2008
|publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision(D.O.C.)]]
|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 PLoS"/> 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.
|first3=M.M.
|date=2005-07-05
|title=Study says circumcision reduces [[AIDS ]] risk by 70%
|publishere=The Wall Street Journal
|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">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref>
== Population-based studies ==
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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 ==
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|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.
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* [[Bias]]
* [[Gilgal Society]] -- Auvert associates with this [[circumfetish]] group.
* [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] -- Auvert is on the staff.
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