Background: More than half of deaths in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) result from conditions that could be treated with emergency care-an integral component of universal health coverage (UHC)-through timely access to lifesaving interventions. Methods: The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to extend UHC to a further 1 billion people by 2023, yet evidence supporting improved emergency care coverage is lacking. In this article, we explore four phases of a research prioritisation setting (RPS) exercise conducted by researchers and stakeholders from

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events such as earthquakes or fires which involve the hospital directly. A preparatory or warning phase, however, may be possible in many instances, such as hurricanes. During this time, inventories should be established and needs should be anticipated.Hurricane disasters may cause large spontaneous or organized population movements, often to areas where health services cannot cope with the new situation, thus leading to an increase in morbidity and mortality. Displacing large populations may also increase the risks of outbreaks of communicable diseases both in the displaced and the host community, where large populations of displaced persons may be crowded together and share unsanitary conditions or

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