biostudies-literatureMendez Lizarraga CAFIC NIH HHS105602https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12374553biostudies-literatureUnknown244<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Study design</h4>A consensus-building modified Delphi technique.<h4>Methods</h4>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 in the final round. Participants ranked the topics from each of the seven domains in numeric order to define top priorities.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 115 responses were obtained across three rounds. Most respondents were involved in direct efforts against COVID-19 (75·0-86·%) and a considerable proportion had more than 16 years of public health experience (37·3-50·0 %). The top priority issues were zoonotic disease-pathogen surveillance systems (27·4 points), robust infection and prevention control programs (22·8 points), and indicator and event-based monitoring and reporting systems (22·1 points).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Establishing priorities for future pandemics is critical to ensure better health outcomes. The region should strengthen collaboration and enhance its capacities while conducting country-level analysis and defining priorities for future arrangements.Public healthPandemic preparedness and response priorities in Latin America: A regional Delphi consensus.PMC12374553D43 TW007393Garcia PJReid MJAMendez Lizarraga CALescano AGBruno AFernandez-Nino JAColoma JMadriz SBravo-Garcia EGarza JWelty SLoyola SArmas-Gonzalez RPando-Robles VMunoz RFPardo ESepulveda JfalsePandemic preparedness and response priorities in Latin America: A regional Delphi consensus.<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Study design</h4>A consensus-building modified Delphi technique.<h4>Methods</h4>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 in the final round. Participants ranked the topics from each of the seven domains in numeric order to define top priorities.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 115 responses were obtained across three rounds. Most respondents were involved in direct efforts against COVID-19 (75·0-86·%) and a considerable proportion had more than 16 years of public health experience (37·3-50·0 %). The top priority issues were zoonotic disease-pathogen surveillance systems (27·4 points), robust infection and prevention control programs (22·8 points), and indicator and event-based monitoring and reporting systems (22·1 points).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Establishing priorities for future pandemics is critical to ensure better health outcomes. The region should strengthen collaboration and enhance its capacities while conducting country-level analysis and defining priorities for future arrangements.2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Jul2026-05-08T10:54:46.573Z2026-05-02T03:07:26.132ZS-EPMC123745534028894910.1016/j.puhe.2025.01.003