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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
The article raised an important issue that gender is a significant factor in the transmission of HIV, and gender also influences treatment, care, and support.
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
The topic is innovative and current
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
Yes
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
Not applicable, as it is not an original study
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If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
Not applicable, as it is not an original study
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
Not applicable, as it is not an original study
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Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
I would expect the author to discuss a little bit on what actions could be done to address the issue.
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Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
I enjoy reading this concise article on gender and HIV/AIDS. But well-designed prospective studies are warranty to rigorously examine the opinion.
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Other Comments:
I enjoy reading this concise article on gender and HIV/AIDS. The author’s discussion raised an important issue that gender is a significant factor in the transmission of HIV, and gender also influences treatment, care, and support.
It has been shown by many studies that males are less likely to be aware of their HIV status, and are disadvantaged with respect to being on antiretroviral therapy, and they also tend to have poor treatment outcomes. But, to what degree gender inequality affects males when it comes to HIV/AIDS, and what are the real reasons for the inequality? To answer these questions, well designed prospective studies are warranty to elucidate these issues
Once the gender inequality was confirmed, what special attention should be paid to male HIV/AIDS population? health education, behavior intervention, or social support? There are many questions to be answered…
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
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Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
I work on control and prevention of HIV/AIDS
- How to cite: Anonymous.Can males ever be a vulnerable group? HIV/AIDS conspiracy of silence [Review of the article 'Can males ever be a vulnerable group? HIV/AIDS conspiracy of silence ' by Masukume G].WebmedCentral 2015;5(11):WMCRW003135
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Authors tried to say that males are also very vulnerable to mortality and morbidity of HIV/AIDS. They are somehow important in epidemiology of HiV/AIDS
The claim is partially true. The low percentage of access to HAART for males and the increased mortality for male gender might be related to the male behaviour. in third world countries, the males are known to work outdoors and travel different places/cities for work. This limits the accessibility to healthcare system in terms of HAART medication. This also results in non-compliance to the medication leading to increased mortality
partially true
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This is just an observation based on some epidemiological data
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