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In July 2012, the '''WHO''' (World Health Organization) published a study<ref>[http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ Male circumcision for HIV prevention]</ref> (just in time for the just then started [[Circumcision Debate]] in Germany) which recommended to perform [[circumcision]]s as a prevention against [[HIV]]/AIDS. This study supposedly promises a 60% protection against AIDS.

In May 2018, the WHO announced to develop new guidelines on male circumcision, focusing on doing even more male circumcisions as a [[HIV]]/AIS prevention action.<ref>{{REFweb

The World Health Organization endorses male circumcision as an [[HIV ]] prevention method based on the three RCTs in Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda.<ref>{{REFweb

|Text=...male circumcision should be considered an efficacious intervention for [[HIV ]] prevention in countries and regions with heterosexual epidemics, high [[HIV ]] and low male circumcision prevalence.

On their website<ref name="WHO2011"/>, they acknowledge that, even if the latest "studies" were correct, "[m]ale circumcision provides only partial protection," and that it should be part of a "comprehensive [[HIV ]] prevention package" that includes [[HIV ]] testing and counseling services, treatment for STD infections, the promotion of safer sex practices and the provision of condoms and the promotion of their correct and consistent use.

''Note: Even if the recent trials were accurate (and their credibility is highly questionable), circumcision could only reduce the relative risk of acquiring [[HIV ]] between circumcised and [[uncircumcised]] men by 60% over a period of about one year.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref> Condoms have an absolute reduction risk of acquiring [[HIV ]] that's over 95% (closer to 100% when used properly), making circumcision a moot point.''

The Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), together with the WHO Department of [[HIV]]/AIDS and the Joint United Nations Programme on [[HIV]]/AIDS ([[UNAIDS]]), launched a number of new initiatives in 2006–2007.<ref name="for control">{{REFweb

Infant boys are born with a healthy penis and foreskin. Treatment is not required. Infant boys do not engage in sexual intercourse so they cannot contract [[HIV ]] infection by sexual intercourse. Infant boys cannot grant consent for this irreversible body altering surgery which violate several significant United Nations [[human rights]] instruments.