Pandemic preparedness and response priorities in Latin America: A regional Delphi consensus.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response issued a series of recommendations for future pandemic preparedness and response. Latin America's COVID-19-related deaths represented 25 % of the global demises, despite harboring less than 8 % of the world's population. As little data exists to support whether the Panel's recommendations reflect public health professionals' priorities in the region the study aimed to define these priorities utilizing a Delphi study.

Study design

A consensus-building modified Delphi technique.

Methods

For the first two rounds, participants were asked to rank a list of topics across seven domains on a 4-point Likert scale. Topics voted by at least 75 % of participants in either round as very important were included

SUBMITTER: Mendez Lizarraga CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12374553 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature