Inequity in the face of success: understanding geographic and wealth-based equity in success of facility-based delivery for under-5 mortality reduction in six countries.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe Rwanda National Ethics Committee and Northwestern University determined the research to be non-human subjects study. Each country case study was reviewed by and received approval from in-country Ethics Review Committees (Ethiopia, PM23/281; Peru, 104276; Bangladesh, PR-18074; Nepal, 165–2018; Senegal, SEN18/33; Rwanda, 132/RNEC/2017). Interview participants provided verbal informed consent after receiving clear information about the goals and structure of the research. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This project was funded by the Gates Ventures and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1191491], which also covered the publication fees. These funding bodies were not directly involved in the development of this manuscript."