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research evidence needed strengthen capacities emergency preparedness response epr however absence clear research agenda limits optimal use research evidence paper reports prioritization research questions topics could contribute evidenceinformed strengthening epr capacities african region prioritysetting consisted desk review stakeholder consultation workshop twentynine people participated workshop including representatives regional office epr focal points africa representatives research institutions partners science africa foundation united nations childrens fund africa center disease control modified delphi technique used systematically arrive specific crosscutting research priorities three broad areas epr program implementation clinical epidemiology research questionstopics ranked fivepoint likert scale 1 low 5 high based seven agreedon criteria research priority score calculated question mean criteria scores total 123 research questions comprising 29 epidemiology 22 clinical 23 program implementation 49 crosscutting issues ranked top ten research priorities knowledge skills healthcare workers detecting responding effectively disease outbreaks quality data accuracy timeliness completeness epidemic prone diseases determinants vaccine hesitancy determinants infection transmission among health care workers phe effective measures protecting health workers highly infectious pathogens phe strategies improve effectiveness contact tracing epidemic prone diseases effectiveness current case definitions screening tools epidemic pandemic prone diseases measures strengthen national subnational laboratory capacity timely disease confirmation within integrated diseases surveillance response framework factors affecting prompt data sharing epidemicprone diseases effective strategies appropriate community participation epr collaborative multistakeholder workshop produced starting list priority research questions topics strengthening epr capacities africa action needs taken continuously update research agenda support member states contextualize research priorities commission research timely generation uptake evidence