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==Rakai Project==
The [[Rakai Project|Rakai Health Sciences Program]] (RHSP) is a program that began in 1987 in Uganda, Africa to investigate the then-mysterious [[HIV]].<ref name="rakai-history">{{REFweb
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===History of the Rakai Project===
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 a means to prevent the spread of [[HIV]]. A Youtube video uploaded by the [[Johns Hopkins|Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public Health]] highlights the [[RHSP|RHSP's]] mass circumcision program.<ref name="rakai-jhsph"/>
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* [[Circumcision and HIV]]
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