Emergency Medical Team Classification Barriers and Facilitators in the MENA Region

Supplementary file 1_Advancing emergency medical team classification in MENA region: a qualitative study.docx contains qualitative interview data from a study on Emergency Medical Team (EMT) classification. The study involved 17 stakeholders from five low- and middle-income countries in the MENA region and the IFRC regional office. The dataset was authored by Mohamed Abdelaziz and last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Analyzing perceived barriers to EMT classification based on interview themes like bureaucracy and resource constraints.
• Identifying enabling factors for EMT development based on themes like leadership commitment and technical expertise.
• Studying the adaptation of global health standards to local contexts based on challenges described by regional stakeholders.

Strengths

• Includes interview data from 17 stakeholders across five MENA region countries.
• Analysis identified four principal themes regarding barriers and facilitators to EMT classification.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is a single 673.7 KB DOCX file; row count and column structure are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the five selected MENA countries.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Mohamed Abdelaziz.

Collection Method

Data were gathered via semi-structured interviews and analyzed using an inductive thematic approach.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 05:38:21; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Focus on five low- and middle-income countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia.