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Male circumcision campaigns to reduce HIV transmission in Africa are based on systemic racism – News-Medical.Net

World Health Organization-recommended campaigns to circumcise millions of African boys and men to reduce HIV transmission are based more on systemic racism and ‘neocolonialism’ than sound scientific research, according to a critical appraisal published in Dev…

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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 10 2020
World Health Organization-recommended campaigns to circumcise millions of African boys and men to reduce HIV transmission are based more on systemic racism and ‘neocolonialism’ than sound scientific research, according to a critical appraisal published in Developing World Bioethics.
More than 25 million men and boys have already been circumcised as a result of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) campaigns in eastern and southern Africa, impl…

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