Andrew Leather

Dados Biográficos

ID9002671
NOMEAndrew Leather
PRENOMESAndrew
SOBRENOMELeather
ASSINATURALEATHER A
AFILIAÇÕESKing's College London
ORCID0000-0003-0500-5962
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2011
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Gi4SaveLife

    Open AccessCristina Fernandez Turienzo, Lucy November et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    Sierra Leone faces critical blood shortages reliant on family replacement and paid donors, contributing to high maternal mortality. Traditional top-down blood drives have failed to build sustainable voluntary donor bases due to mistrust and logistical barriers. We developed 'Gi4SaveLife’, a community-led model to foster local ownership and sustainable donation. Implemented in Kono and Kenema districts, this quality improvement initiative establis…

  • Health systems strengthening in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Open AccessAchim Mambu Vangu, Michel Nlandu Kambu et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    World Health Assembly resolutions have recently placed emphasis on emergency, critical and operative care to achieve universal health coverage. This will require a move away from vertical health programmes and a stronger emphasis on health systems strengthening, including data systems. There has also been an increased recognition of the need for data to advance the global surgery agenda. We share our efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (D…

  • HeAlth System StrEngThening in four sub-Saharan African countries (Asset) to achieve high-quality, evidence-informed surgical, maternal and newborn, and primary care

    Open AccessNadine Seward, C Hanlon et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    To achieve universal health coverage, health system strengthening (HSS) is required to support the of delivery of high-quality care. The aim of the National Institute for Health Research Global Research Unit on HeAlth System StrEngThening in Sub-Saharan Africa (ASSET) is to address this need in a four-year programme, with three healthcare platforms involving eight work-packages. Key to effective health system strengthening (HSS) is the pre-implem…

  • The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on hospital utilisation in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessStephen Sevalie, Daniel Youkee et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected health systems in many countries, but little is known about effects on health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. This study examines the effects of COVID-19 on hospital utilisation in a sub-Saharan country, Sierra Leone. METHODS: Mixed-methods study using longitudinal nationwide hospital data (admissions, operations, deliveries and referrals) and qualitative interviews with healthcare workers…

  • Assessing trauma care systems in low-income and middle-income countries

    Open AccessJohn Whitaker, Nollaig O'Donohoe et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

  • Staff recognition and its importance for surgical service delivery

    Open AccessChris Willott, Nick Boyd et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021Referências: 20

    We examined the views of providers and users of the surgical system in Freetown, Sierra Leone on processes of care, job and service satisfaction and barriers to achieving quality and accessible care, focusing particularly on the main public tertiary hospital in Freetown and two secondary and six primary sites from which patients are referred to it. We conducted interviews with health care providers (N = 66), service users (n = 24) and people with…

  • Travel time and perinatal mortality after emergency caesarean sections

    Open AccessAlex J van Duinen, Håvard A Adde et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    INTRODUCTION: Longer travel times are associated with increased adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. Geospatial modelling has been increasingly used to estimate geographic proximity in emergency obstetric care. In this study, we aimed to assess the correlation between modelled and patient-reported travel times and to evaluate its clinical relevance. METHODS: ). Patient-reported and modelled travel times were compared applying a univariable li…

  • Global Surgery 2030

    Open AccessJohn G Meara, Andrew J M Leather et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2015

  • Jim Fyrth 1918-2010

    Alexander, S Alexander et al.ARTICLEHistory Workshop Journal2011

    Hubert James (Jim) Fyrth, who died in Torbay on 24 May 2010, aged ninety-two, was a distinguished historian and adult educator with a special interest in trade-union and labour history. His books ranged across political and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain; they included histories of the Popular Front, of the Aid Spain Movement in 1930s Britain, two edited volumes on the politics and culture of postwar Britain and a remarkable memoir…