Reviewer’s report
Title: 
A narrative review of evidence to support increased domestic resource
mobilization for family planning in Nigeria
Version: 
0 
Date: 
20 Feb 2023
Reviewer's report:
This is a well written review that is highly timely given the significant shortfall
in funding for Sexual and Reproductive Health (Family Planning in particular) in
Nigeria.
Points for correction:
· 
Under 'The Background': The authors indicated that the Nigerian National
budget for family planning was cut short by 90% in 2019 owing to lack of
counterpart funding to match grants from
donors. This is a very vital information and the publication would be enriched if
a table could be added indicating the annual funding for family planning from
both donors and the Government of Nigeria and during the review period
between 1990 to 2018. It
is also important for the reviewers to indicate how much of the pledged FG
funding were actually released during that period.
· 
Under 'funding landscape for family planning in Nigeria' (first paragraph, line
four): —instead of 'Non-Government Agencies' substitute with International
Non-Governmental Agencies. This
will include private foundations and note that in the list of external sources of
funding for family planning in Nigeria, Marie Stopes International is not listed
and they should be included because of their huge funding for FP and spread of
operations within
Nigeria.
· 
Table three - 'Nature of funding for FP services in Nigeria', Gates foundation
under 'Duration of Foundation', annual commit over the next 5 years from '2021
to 2030' should read '2021
to 2026' instead.
· 
Under 'Conclusions: Second paragraph, the Authors advocate for the need for
government to take on the role of principal funder of family planning in Nigeria
because of the withdrawal of donors
and decline in donor contributions. It is important for the authors to emphasize
the need for the Government to take ownership of funding for family planning
on both national and subnational level and also to highlight the funding of the
basic health care
fund as a source of funding for family planning programs in Nigeria even at the
local government level.
· 
The authors will enrich this publication by also recommending innovative
approaches that can improve domestic funding for Family Planning.
· 
Finally, 'list of abbreviations' is not necessary as these are reflected in the main
text.
In general, I recommend this article for publication if the additional information
required is provided.
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