Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Women’s contraceptive discontinuation and switching behavior in urban Senegal, 2010 -
2015  
 
Version: 2 Date: 22 Jan 2018  
 
Reviewer: Solomon Gebrehiwot  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
BMWH -D-17-00385R2  
Reviewer report  
Solomon Weldemariam: Thank you for the opportunity to review this manuscript entitled: 
Women's contraceptive discontinuation and swit ching behavior in urban Senegal, 2010 -2015. 
This is a second revision to me for this manuscript.  
General:  The punctuation, spelling, capitalization, abbreviations and overall grammar are 
addressed    
 
Introduction:  
1. All concerns are addressed  
 
Meth ods:  
1. Regarding design and data collection procedure are now addressed  
2. But still my concern is not addressed on emergency contraceptive; due you think it is 
recommended to use Emergency contraceptive as routine? As to me emergency 
contraceptive shou ld not be included in discontinuation group, because it is taken when 
individuals forgets or delay to take their routine contraceptive. Other concern the ‟other" 
modern methods should be describe either in bracket or as foot note under the table      
3. Other concerns already addressed in methodology  
 
Result:  
1. All my concerns are addressed  
Discussion:  
1. All concerns are addressed in discussion part  
 
Conclusion:   
My concern already addressed  
Solomon Weldemariam  
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an  
additional statistical review?  
If an additional  statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further  
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
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