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==Position of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision(D.O.C.)]] ==
[[George C. Denniston]], {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, the president of [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)| Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], in a letter to Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, (2020), the head of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ([[PEPFAR]]) has called on PEPFAR to suspend the provision of male [[circumcision]] because it is ineffective and may increase the reception of [[HIV]] infection due to the loss of [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological protections]] of the [[foreskin]], and to focus on the provision of anti-retroviral therapy and condoms.<ref name="denniston2020">{{REFdocument
|title=World Health Organization, HIV, and male circumcision
|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2020-06-15b_LettertoPEPFAR.pdf
|last=Denniston
|first=George C.
|author-link=George C. Denniston |publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision(D.O.C.)]]
|format=
|date=2020-06-29
|accessdate=2021-07-27
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Stop the Cut]]
* [[African Voices Against Circumcision-AVAC]]
{{LINKS}}