Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Research in A frica: A systematic review from 
a public health perspective  
 
Version: 0 Date: 18 Feb 2016  
 
Reviewer: Lalini C. Rajapaksa  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
Introduction needs more focus on the African situation. The quantum of research is also related 
to availability of services in the 4 public health categories examined, therefore a brief overview 
of service availability in the intro would be useful. If this  could be mapped a comparison with the 
map on publications would be interesting.   
 
Page 11 line 27 -28 talks about overall survival and it is presumed that "overall" means all the 
different categories of persons diagnosed. This is meaningless without the n umber of years post 
diagnosis at which survival is examined.  
 
Page 12 lines 4 -7 
QOL is also dependent on factors such as timing of the study in relation to diagnosis, 
commencement and type of treatment etc.Some indication in the table on these aspects wher e 
appropriate may highlight the areas and timing of future research.      
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, plea se specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscrip t or would you recommend an  
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further  
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written Englis h 
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
 
 
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