Participants will receive training from microscopIA in the study protocol, data dictionary, source identification, facility verification, geolocation, quality control, scientific interpretation, manuscript preparation, policy-brief development, and scientific communication.

Participants are nevertheless expected to self-manage routine project activities. The seven participants will distribute country-level and methodological tasks among themselves, establish internal deadlines, coordinate completion of assignments, and identify workload imbalances requiring redistribution.

The team must select one participant as Regional Team Leader. The Team Leader will coordinate the participant group, consolidate progress information, identify delays or unresolved issues, and present periodic reports to the Principal Investigators.

Participants will:

• search official sources and health-authority databases;

• extract and document ICU facility and capacity information;

• verify sources and facility records;

• geolocate confirmed ICU facilities;

• participate in database cleaning and quality control;

• review maps and accessibility estimates;

• contribute substantially to manuscript development and revision;

• prepare a regional policy brief;

• participate in online meetings organized with relevant ministries of health, health authorities, medical societies, and critical-care organizations;

• contribute to development of a scientific abstract and poster for an international critical-care congress;

• review and approve the final manuscript.