Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Missed Opportunities for Family Planning Couns elling among HIV -Positive Women 
Receiving HIV Care in Uganda  
 
Version: 0 Date: 03 Jan 2020  
 
Reviewer: Esther C. Atukunda  
 
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Thank you for this interesting pi ece of work.  
 
Here below are my comments that need to be addressed.  
 
1. The second paragraph of the introduction seemed vague and confusing. Please re -write 
for more clarity.  
 
2. 2. Lines 118 -121: I am not sure what you were referring to, please clarify.  
 
3. There are some really recent and interesting studies around the same subject conducted in 
SW Uganda that were not referred to. These could be useful and or helpful.  
 
4. How did the investigators handle women that had never been pregnant and are not 
intending  to be pregnant in future. It seems to imply that this study considered women 
that would normally interface with ANC, delivery centers or PNC, thus underestimating 
other health facility interactions.  
 
5. What does "not intending to be pregnant in future" me an? Was there a timeline?  
 
6. The limitations for the study sound bizarre and need to be thought through again in line 
with the methods and primary objective  
 
7. Was the study powered enough to detect a significant difference? What were the original 
pre-set primary outcome measures of this study?  
 
8. The discussion can do with some more tightening to improve narration.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
Does the work include th e necessary controls?  
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Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
Are you able to asse ss any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
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I am able to assess the  statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
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Acceptable  
 
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