MicroResearch (MR) aims to build local health research capacity to find solutions for local health problems affecting communities in East Africa. Developing local capacity to sustain and improve on health gains is a challenge since resource limited lower income developing countries (LIDC) bear 25% of the globe’s disease burden with less than 1% of its healthcare professionals (HCP). Module developers from Africa, all MR workshop graduates and leaders, participated in the “MicroResearch 2020” Strategic Planning Conference in order to understand the overall direction for MR, its goals for training and to contribute to MR strategy