UN/WHO admitted desire to promote male circ despite lack of medical evidence

[Papai]

I stumbled across this document while doing research on one the pro-circ commenters I kept seeing on various sites.

http://www.malecircumcision.org/publ...t_09_14_06.pdf

It's a document from 2006 with a bunch of WHO/UN people giving presentations on male circ. But check out this money quote:

Question: If MC is already carried out for religious, hygienic, and cultural reasons why can’t we promote these reasons? Can these reasons help in scaling up?

Dr. Koshuma: Yes, the other benefits can be used for promoting MC acceptance especially now that we are not yet confident to use MC as a valid medical measure to explain its effectiveness in reducing the spread of HIV.

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So they are openly encouraging the promotion of male circumcision, regardless of whether medical data is there to support it or not. Just get those guys circumcised. And they've still YET to explain circ's effectiveness in reducing HIV transmission. They have no clue.

Another interesting exchange:

Question: The presenter for evidence from Tanzania said, HIV is higher in urban areas and that MC prevalence is higher in urban areas, does this not contradict the assertion that MC has protective effect on HIV?

Mr. Wambura: This is an area that needs further investigation

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Is this what they do everytime the data contradicts their conclusions? Sad.

[fruitful womb]

Question: The presenter for evidence from Tanzania said, HIV is higher in urban areas and that MC prevalence is higher in urban areas, does this not contradict the assertion that MC has protective effect on HIV?

Mr. Wambura: This is an area that needs further investigation

ugggh how frustrating.:

[BlessedMommy2006]

Yep, it's just like female circ, defend it to the death. Plug your ears if anyone tries to tell you otherwise.

*sigh*