Journal publications

• Shukla, Minal; Mohan, Monali; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Gadgil, Anita; Bakker, Juul Marlies; Bhushan, Pranav; Roy, Nobhojit. (2022) Assessing geographical and economic inequalities in caesarean section rates between the districts of Bihar, India: a secondary analysis of the National Family Health Survey. BMJ Open.
• Adde, Håvard Askim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Sherman, L.M.; Andrews, B.C.; Salvesen, Øyvind; Dunbar, N.K.; Bleah, A.J.; Weiser, T.G.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) A Nationwide Enumeration of the Surgical Workforce, its Production and Disparities in Operative Productivity in Liberia. World Journal of Surgery.
• Ashley, Thomas; Ashley, Hannah; Wladis, Andreas; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Beard, Jessica; Kalsi, Hertta; Palmu, Juuli; Nordin, Pär; Kristina, Holm; Ohene-Yeboah, Michael; Löfgren, Jenny. (2021) Outcomes After Elective Inguinal Hernia Repair Performed by Associate Clinicians vs Medical Doctors in Sierra Leone: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open. vol. 4 (1).
• Bakker, Juul Marlies; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Nolet, Wouter W.E.; Mboma, Peter; Sam, Tamba; van den Broek, Ankie; Flinkenflögel, Maaike; Gjøra, Andreas; Lindheim-Minde, Barbro; Kamanda, Samuel; Koroma, Alimamy P.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) Barriers to increase surgical productivity in Sierra Leone: A qualitative study. BMJ Open. vol. 11 (12).
• Geraedts, Tessa J. M.; Boateng, Daniel; Lindenbergh, Karel C.; Van Delft, Diede; Mathéron, Hanna M.; Mönnink, Gulia L. E.; Martens, Janine P. J.; van Leerdam, Daniel; Vas Nunes, Jonathan H.; Bu-Buakei Jabbi, Sonnia-Magba; Kpaka, Mohamed S.; Westendorp, Josien; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Sankoh, Osman; Grobusch, Martin P.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin. (2021) Evaluating the cascade of care for hypertension in Sierra Leone. Tropical medicine & international health. vol. 26 (11).
• Gjøra, Andreas; Lindheim-Minde, Barbro; Bakker, Juul Marlies; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; van Leerdam, Daniel; Smalle, Isaac O; Bundu, Ibrahim; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) Changes in surgical volume, workforce, and productivity in Sierra Leone between 2012 and 2017. Surgery.
• Sevalie, Stephen; Youkee, Daniel; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Bailey, Emma; Bangura, Thaimu; Mangipudi, Sowmya; Mansaray, Esther; Odland, Maria Lisa; Parmar, Divya; Samura, Sorie; Van Delft, Diede; Wurie, Haja; Davies, Justine I; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Leather, Andy J.M.. (2021) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital utilisation in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health. vol. 6 (10).
• Sung, Sophia; Hørthe, Hilde; Svendsen, Øyvind Veel; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Salvesen, Øyvind; Vandi, Alphonsus; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) Early evaluation of the transition from an analog to an electronic surgical logbook system in Sierra Leone. BMC Medical Education. vol. 21 (1).
• van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, Josien; Ashley, Thomas; Hagander, Lars; Holmer, Hampus; Koroma, Alimamy P.; Leather, Andy J.M.; Shrime, Mark G.; Wibe, Arne; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment after caesarean section in Sierra Leone: An evaluation of the free health care initiative. PLOS ONE. vol. 16 (10).
• Adde, Håvard Askim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Oghogho, Mark Deenize; Dunbar, Nelson; Tehmeh, Lekilay; Hampaye, Theophilus; Salvesen, Øyvind; Weiser, Thomas G.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2020) Impact of surgical infrastructure and personnel on volume and availability of essential surgical procedures in Liberia. BJS Open. vol. 4.
• Lonnee, Herman; Taule, Katinka; Sandvand, Johannes Knoph; Koroma, Michael M.; Dumbuya, Abubakar; Jusu, Kakpama S.K.; Shour, Mohamed A.; van Duinen, Aalke Johan. (2020) A survey of anaesthesia practices at all hospitals performing caesarean sections in Sierra Leone. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica.
• van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Adde, Håvard Askim; Fredin, Hans Ola; Holmer, Hampus; Hagander, Lars; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Koroma, Michael M.; Leather, Andy; Wibe, Arne; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2020) Travel time and perinatal mortality after emergency caesarean sections: an evaluation of the 2-hour proximity indicator in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health. vol. 5:e003943 (12).
• van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, Josien; Kamara, Michael M; Forna, Fatu; Hagander, Lars; Rijken, Marcus J.; Leather, Andy J.M.; Wibe, Arne; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2020) Perinatal outcomes of cesarean deliveries in Sierra Leone: A prospective multicenter observational study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. vol. 150 (2).
• Drevin, Gustaf; Alvesson, Helle Mölsted; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Koroma, Alimamy philip; von Schreeb, Johan. (2019) ”For this one, let me take the risk”: why surgical staff continued to perform caesarean sections during the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health. vol. 4.
• Holmer, Hampus; Kamara, Michael M.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Conteh, Sulaiman; Forna, Fatu; Hailu, Binyam; Hansson, Stefan R.; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Koroma, Michael M.; Liljestrand, Jerker; Lonnee, Herman; Sesay, Santigie; Hagander, Lars. (2019) The rate and perioperative mortality of caesarean section in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health. vol. 4:e001605 (5).
• Husby, Anne; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Aune, Ingvild. (2019) Caesarean birth experiences. A qualitative study from Sierra Leone. Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare. vol. 21.
• Svendsen, Øyvind Veel; Helgerud, Christoffer; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Salvesen, Øyvind; George, Peter M.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2019) Evaluation of a surgical task sharing training programme's logbook system in Sierra Leone. BMC Medical Education. vol. 19 (1).
• van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Kamara, Michael M.; Hagander, Lars; Ashley, Thomas; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Leather, Andy J.M.; Elhassein, Mohammed; Darj, Elisabeth; Salvesen, Øyvind; Wibe, Arne; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2019) Caesarean section performed by medical doctors and associate clinicians in Sierra Leone. British Journal of Surgery. vol. 106 (2).
• Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Samai, Mohammed; Bash-Taqi, Donald Alpha; Gassama, Ibarahim; Waalewijn, Bart; Wibe, Arne; von Schreeb, Johan. (2018) Admissions and surgery as indicators of hospital functions in Sierra Leone during the west-African Ebola outbreak. BMC Health Services Research. vol. 18 (846).
• Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Waalewijn, Bart; Elhassein, Mohamed; Kamara, T. B.; Deen, G F; Bundu, Ibrahim; Ystgaard, Brynjulf; von Schreeb, Johan; Wibe, Arne. (2017) Safety, productivity and predicted contribution of a surgical task-sharing programme in Sierra Leone. British Journal of Surgery. vol. 104 (10).