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Article History

Received: 9 October 2019

Accepted: 3 June 2020

First Online: 19 June 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Not applicable (see below statement).At the time of implementation in 2009, 2011 and 2014, the emergency care needs assessments in each site were carried out according to the locally requested terms of reference and within a sound ethical, respectful and collaborative framework. No detailed information about any site is provided in the content of this manuscript, rather the focus is on the assessment tool framework and methodological approach. Examples provided are already in the public domain, and if previously published were subject to ethical approval for that purpose. No specific human data is reproduced in this manuscript, and the new technical advance described did not supplant any pre-existing tool.

: Not applicable (see below statement).There is no individual human data contained in this manuscript.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.