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[[Image:Gray and Wawer.jpg|right|thumb|[[Ronald Gray ]] & [[Maria Wawer ]] (married) head the project.]]

The [[Rakai Project|Rakai Health Sciences Program]] (RHSP) is a program that began in 1987 in Uguanda, Africa to investigate the then-mysterious HIV.<ref name="rakai-history"> {{cite web REFweb |last=Rakai Project |first= |date= |title=History of the Rakai Health Sciences Program | url = http://www.jhsph.edu/rakai/about/index.html | title = History of the Rakai Health Sciences Program | accessdate = 2011-05-02}}</ref> The [[Rakai Project|RHSP]] is headed by husband and wife team [[Ronald Gray]] and [[Maria Wawer]] (the Senior Principal Investigators),<ref> {{cite web REFweb |last=Rakai Project |first= |date= |title=Our People at Johns Hopkins University | url = http://www.jhsph.edu/rakai/our_people/jhu.html | title = Our People at Johns Hopkins University | accessdate = 2011-05-02}}</ref> who conduct biased research to look for justifications in rolling out mass circumcision programs around the world.<ref name="rakai-jhsph"> {{cite web REFweb |last=JohnsHopkinsSPH |first= |date=2012-01-10 |title=Rakai Project | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k | title = Rakai Project | date = 12/1/10 | work accessdate= JohnsHopkinsSPH | publisher = Youtube}}</ref> The [[Rakai Project|RHSP]] is funded by the [[Johns Hopkins]] Bloomberg School for Public Health, the Uguanda Virus Research Institute, the [[National Institutes of Health]], and the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref> {{cite web REFweb |last=Rakai Project |first= |date= |title=Rakai Health Sciences Program | url = http://www.jhsph.edu/rakai/ | title = Rakai Health Sciences Program | accessdate = 2011-05-02}}</ref><ref> {{citation REFnews |last=Kong | first = Xiangrong |url=http://www.retroconference.org/2011/Abstracts/41239.htm |title=18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, Massachusetts | last date=2011-02-28 |publisher= Kong | contribution quote= Longer-term Effects of Male Circumcision on HIV Incidence and Risk Behaviors during Post-trial Surveillance in Rakai, Uganda | title = 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections | place = Boston, Massachusetts | pages = 36 | date = February 28, 2011| id = | contribution-url = http://www.retroconference.org/2011/Abstracts/41239.htm | accessdate = 2011-05-02 |pages = 36}} [http://circleaks.org/images/d/da/Acknowledgements.png Acknowledgements slide] [http://app2.capitalreach.com/esp1204/servlet/tc?c=10164&cn=retro&s=20445&&dp=player.jsp&e=13709&mediaType=podiumVideo Video of Presentation with Slides and Audio Download Link]</ref>

==History of the Rakai ProjectRHSP ==The [[Rakai Project]] was created in 1987 by a group of scientists from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda who decided to investigate HIV infection in the Rakai district by initiating a small community cohort study. The original senior Principal Investigators of the [[Rakai Project]] were Nelson Sewankambo, David Serwadda, and [[Maria Wawer]].<ref name="rakai-history"/> The [[Rakai Project]] has since changed its name to the [[Rakai Project|Rakai Health Services Program]], and has a current staff of just under 400 principal investigators, multidisciplinary professionals, and support staff.<ref name="rakai-history"/>

==Promoting Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Method==The [[Rakai Project|RHSP]] promotes mass circumcision as was created in 1987 by a means group of scientists from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda who decided to prevent investigate HIV infection in the spread Rakai district by initiating a small community cohort study. The original senior Principal Investigators of HIVthe [[Rakai Project]] were Nelson Sewankambo, David Serwadda, and [[Maria Wawer]]. A Youtube video uploaded by the <ref name="rakai-history"/> The [[Johns Hopkins|Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public HealthRakai Project]] highlights has since changed its name to the [[RHSP|RHSP'sRakai Health Services Program]] mass circumcision program, and has a current staff of just under 400 principal investigators, multidisciplinary professionals, and support staff.<ref name="rakai-jhsphhistory"/>

{{Quote box |title = <small>Rakai Project Doctor Promotes Circumcision</small> |quote = It's been hard to change policy because it's The RHSP promotes mass circumcision as a whole new paradigm. We've never used surgery means to prevent an infectious diseasethe spread of HIV. Policy makers had to take some time to really wrap their minds around itA Youtube video uploaded by the [[Johns Hopkins|Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public Health]] highlights the RHSP's mass circumcision program. |source <ref name= "rakai--Ronald Gray, [http:jhsph"//www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=07m29s JohnsHopkinsSPH. (2010). ''Rakai Project.'' YouTube.] |align = center |width = 50% |quoted = yes}}>

=== Music Video ===At the Rakai clinic, a propaganda music video promoting circumcision plays continuously in the waiting room.<ref>{{cite webCitation | url Title= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=08m37sRakai Project Doctor Promotes Circumcision | title Text= Rakai ProjectIt's been hard to change policy because it's a whole new paradigm. We've never used surgery to prevent an infectious disease. Policy makers had to take some time to really wrap their minds around it. | date Author= 12/1/10[[Ronald Gray]] | work Source= JohnsHopkinsSPHRakai Project | publisher ref= Youtube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rtEdNl322Q | title 1mXFdXJaG8k#t= 07m29s JohnsHopkinsSPH. (2010). ''Rakai male circumcision video by Stephen Mugamba feat Jemima SanyuProject.mpg | date = 6'' YouTube.]</10/10 | work = smugamba | publisher = Youtuberef>

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{{Quote boxCitation |title Title= <small>Chorus Bridge/Outro Lyrics</small>(female singer) |quote Text= Circumcision has got many benefits. You'll become clean, clean, and cleaner... and when the men are circumcised, it reduces sexual infections in women. Circumcision is SO GOOD. Circumcision is SO SAFE. Men should be circumcised! |source = <small></small> |align = center |width Author= 90% |quoted Source= yes

{{Quote boxSEEALSO}} |title = <small>Bridge/Outro Lyrics (female singer)</small> |quote = * [[Circumcision has got many benefits. You'll become clean, clean, and cleaner... HIV]]* [[Foreskin]]* [[Immunological and when protective function of the men are circumcised, it reduces sexual infections in women. Circumcision is SO GOOD. Circumcision is SO SAFE. Men should be circumcised! |source = <small></small> |align = center |width = 90% |quoted = yes}}|}foreskin]]

==External Links=={{LINKS}}*[http://www.jhsph.edu/rakai/ Rakai Health Sciences Program] home page at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public Health.*[http://www.jhu.edu/ Johns Hopkins University] home page at the John Hopkins University website.

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