Monthly Archives: October 2020

VMMC: A New Tuskegee?

DOC applauds the recent publication of an article whose title effectively encapsulates some of the problems with the African circumcision campaigns. It is a melancholy reminder that we at DOC warned against such outcomes over 14 years ago, to no avail. “A new Tuskegee? Unethical human experimentation and Western neocolonialism in the mass circumcision [...]

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Circumcision and COVID-19

Circumcision and COVID-19: Which surgeries are "essential" during a pandemic? On a failure of ethics at the American Academy of Pediatrics On April 2, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Fetus and Newborn issued “Initial Guidance: Management of Infants Born to Mothers with COVID-19.”[1] The AAP’s 18-page [...]

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