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Circumcision Denialism Unfounded and Unscientific

Joya Banerjee, MS

Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, South Africa

Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH

University of California, San Francisco, California

Daniel T. Halperin, PhD

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Richard Wamai, PhD

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

Edgar J. Schoen, MD

University of California, San Francisco, California, American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Circumcision 1988–1989

Stephen Moses, MD, MPH

Departments of Medical Microbiology, Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Brian J. Morris, DSc, PhD

School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia

Stefan A. Bailis, PsyD

Research & Education Association on Circumcision Health Effects, Bloomington, Minnesota

Francois Venter, FCP (SA)

WHI (Wits Institute for Sexual & Reproductive Health, HIV and Related Diseases), Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Neil Martinson, MBBCH

Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Thomas J. Coates, PhD

Michael and Sue Steinberg Professor of Global AIDS Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California

Glenda Gray, MBBCH

Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Kasonde Bowa, MSc, MMed

University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2010.12.005

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Although three RCTs^1–3 and dozens of observational studies have confirmed that medical male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV acquisition in men by at least 60%,⁴ Green et al.⁵ continue to question its effectiveness and would deny millions of men—and their female partners—a proven, permanent, and inexpensive method to reduce their lifetime risk of HIV infection. Such denialism in the face of the ongoing pandemic are unethical and immoral.

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Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Insufficient Evidence and Neglected External Validity

Lawrence W. Green, John W. Travis, Ryan G. McAllister, Kent W. Peterson, Astrik N. Vardanyan, Amber Craig

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2010.07.010

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 39, Issue 5

Author Response

Lawrence W. Green, John W. Travis, Ryan G. McAllister, Kent W. Peterson, Astrik N. Vardanyan, Amber Craig

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2010.12.004

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 40, Issue 3