’ s response to reviews Title : Effectiveness of Community-Based HIV / AIDS Service Delivery Models Used to Reach Female Sex Workers along

In abstract and throughout the text, the authors should ensure that they use "female sex workers (FSW)" rather than "sex workers (SW)", as the latter one can refer to both male and female sex workers. However, female sex workers are the target population in this study Response: Thanks for this observation, we have written the whole document to reflect female sex workers * (Methods): More description of the ocmmunit0based HIV service delivery models would be helpful here e.g., what do they entail, when were they implemented, etc. Response: Thanks for this observation, we have briefly described the community based HIV delivery models in the abstract line 20 to 23 and more details under the description of the community based HIV service delivery model in the method section line In the definition of sex workers, did the authors consider a specific time period? For example, a women who sold sex for money or other items/benefits in what time period? Currently? Recently (time)?... Response: Thanks for this observation, we limited our definition of sex worker who had sold sex with the last six month as in the study population line * HCT should be spelled out in the abstract; "HIV counselling and treatment" Response: Thanks for this observation, HCT has been spelled out in the HIV counseling and Testing * In abstract, the conclusion says that "All the three service delivery models were being utilized by the SWs", while it is a little bit vague based on what presented in the findings section. Response: Thanks for this observation, we have reversed the conclusion to ready Most of the Female Sex workers accessed HIV Testing and were linked to care through Static. Abstract * (Results): Of those who tested HIV positive, where these all new HIV-positive test results? (i.e., were they not previously aware of their HIV-positive status?) Response: Thank you for this observation. All those who tested positive where newly indentified HIV positive in the past twelve months. Those with known HIV status had not taken an HIV test in the last twelve month(14%)