Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title:  Evaluating a community -based cervical cancer screening strategy in Wester n Kenya: A 
descriptive study  
 
Version: 0 Date: 11 Mar 2018 
 
Reviewer:  Uche  Umeh  
 
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  1. Background - Line 90 - "Labs" abbreviation write in full  
 
  2. Methods - Line 165 "More than 80 specimen can be processed in 2.5 hours". Can you 
be specific on the number of specimens procssed in 2.5 hours  
 
  3. Line 159 - "certified lab t echnician" abbreviation  
 
  4. There is need to state the exclusion criteria  
 
5. What is the duration of HPV testing from time of collection of sample to result of the 
test? 
 
  6. Justify the reason for this study?  
 
  7. Did participants charge any money or i s the test free? specify  
 
  8. Explain clearly how the self administered HPV test was done  
 
  9.What are the limitations of this study?  
 
  10. For those that defaulted from treatment what efforts did you put in place.  
 
  11. Your references formatting in the background were in superscript?  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Unable to assess  
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No 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
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I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
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Acceptable  
 
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