Prioritizing post-COVID-19 health research in sub-Saharan Africa: A modified Delphi study for future pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in healthcare systems and disparities in healthcare access across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The insights of frontline healthcare professionals (HCPs), and healthcare researchers involved with the response to COVID in SSA are crucial to ensuring that health systems are optimally prepared for the next pandemic threat. Nonetheless, there is limited consensus as to what are the clinical and public health research priorities necessary to ensure that SSA is optimally prepared and responsive to future pandemics. The aim of this Delphi consensus process was to collate the insights of leading HCPs engaged in research and clinical practice across SSA and prioritize a set of post-COVID-19 pandemic research priorities and determine the invest

SUBMITTER: Noormahomed EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11737301 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature