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|author7-link=Bertran Auvert
|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
|url=http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020298
|accessdate=2011-03-03
}}</ref> which are being used by the [[WHO|World Health Organization]] to endorse circumcision as an [[HIV ]] prevention method.<ref>{{REFweb
|last=World Health Oranization
|first=
}}</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=
}}</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>
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