Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Factors associated with HPV vaccination uptake in Uganda: A multi -level analysis  
 
Version: 1 Date: 11 May 202 0 
 
Reviewer: Nkiru Nwamaka Ezeama  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
BMC WOMEN'S HEALTH  
REVIEW OF RESEARCH ARTICLE, MANUSCRIPT NUMBER: BMWH -D-20-00112_R1  
REVIEWER 1:  
TITLE: Factors associated with HPV vaccination in Uganda: A multi -level analysis  
 
1.  General comment  
I commend the authors for revising their man uscript in line with my original points. However 
two points (see sections 3a and 3b below) were not addressed.  
Secondly, in addressing my original points, a few new but minor errors occurred and need to be 
corrected (see sections 2a, 2b and 3c below).   
 
2. Results  
a) Quoting authors' text, "Most of the girls (78%) had not received the HPV vaccine. More than 
two thirds (78 %) (results not shown in Table 1) had not been vaccinated".  
 
This is repetitive. The same result is written in two ways. I suggest the f ollowing: "More than 
two thirds (78 %) (results not shown in Table 1) had not received the HPV vaccine". [see Page 9, 
Lines 185 - 186 ]  
b) In Table 1, column 5, write as &lt; 0.0001 rather than "p &lt; 0.0001" since the term p -value is 
the column title.  [see Table 1 (Page 24 &amp;  26)] 
 
3. Grammatical check  
a) Correct "recognizes" to "recognize" i.e. "World Health Organization (WHO) and Uganda's 
Ministry of Health recognize primary prevention…"  [see Page 3, Line 61].  
b) Household is one word. Close gap  [see Table 1 (Pages 24 &amp;  25)] 
c) Correct "massages" to "messages"  [see Page 15, Line 291]  
 
Are t he 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, please 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 manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments  to the editors.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
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