Håkon Angell Bolkan

About

Håkon A Bolkan is a consultant general and abdominal surgeon. He started his global health carrier working for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Indonesia, Pakistan and Sierra Leone and has been the president for MSF Norway. He is the founder of CapaCare, an organization devoted to build medical capacity in health care in under-resourced areas. CapaCare has now presence in Sierra Leone Liberia, the Netherlands and Norway. CapaCare has initiated a task-sharing training program in surgery and obstetrics in Sierra Leone since 2011 and are supporting the postgraduate training of specialist surgeons and obstetricians in Liberia and Sierra Loen. Bolkan is chairing CapaCare International. He was team led for the Norwegian Ebola team during the West-African Ebola outbreak. His research is about scalable solutions to increase access to surgical services in low-income countries.

Publications

2024

Stone, Hana; Bailey, Emma; Wurie, Haja; Leather, Andrew J M; Davies, Justine I.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2024) A qualitative study examining the health system's response to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Werz, Markus Jan; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Hampaye, Theophilus C.; van den Broek, Ankie; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2024) Exploring barriers and enabling factors for surgical task sharing with physician assistants in Liberia: a qualitative pre-implementation study. BMJ Open
Academic article
Adde, Håvard Askim; Oghogho, Mark Deenize; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Grimes, Caris E; Hampaye, Theophilus C; Quaife, Matthew. (2024) The economic burden associated with unmet surgical needs in Liberia: A retrospective macroeconomic analysis based on a nationwide enumeration of surgical procedures. BMJ Open
Academic article
Logstein, Erika; Torp, Richard Hald; Ashley, Thomas; Kamara, Michael M.; Koroma, Alimamy P.; Dumbuya, Abu Bakarr. (2024) Long-term maternal outcomes 5 years after cesarean section in Sierra Leone: A prospective cohort study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Academic article

2023

Ashley, Thomas; Ashley, Hannah F.; Wladis, Andreas; Nordin, Pär; Ohene-Yeboah, Michael; Rukas, Rimantas. (2023) Standardised Competency-Based Training of Medical Doctors and Associate Clinicians in Inguinal Repair with Mesh in Sierra Leone. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
van Kesteren, Jurre; van Goudoever, Leandra A.E.; Conteh, Amara; van Acker, Gijs J.D.; Bonjer, H. Jaap; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2023) Technical Perspective for Video Based Assessment of Surgeries in Low-Resource Settings. Journal of Surgical Education
Academic article
Wangen, Endre; Gillund, Even Westgaard; Reinholdtsen, Eirik Midtgaard; Henriksveen, Kristian Jostad; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Faqiri, Mirwais. (2023) Akutte laparotomier ved St. Olavs hospital. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Academic article
Lindenbergh, Karel C.; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Ahlback, Johan Gottfrid; Kamoh, Joseph; Bah, Silleh; Ashley, Thomas. (2023) Prevalence, incidence, repair rate, and morbidity of groin hernias in Sierra Leone: cross-sectional household study. BJS Open
Academic article
Eide, Arne Henning; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Dvergsdal, Elin Yli. (2023) Bistand rettet mot de fattigste treffer ofte feil. Dagens næringsliv
Feature article

2022

Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2022) Global kirurgi. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Academic article
van Kesteren, Jurre; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Marah, Foday; van Delft, Diede; Spector, Antoinette L.; Cassidy, Laura D.. (2022) PREvalence Study on Surgical COnditions (PRESSCO) 2020: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Countrywide Survey on Surgical Conditions in Post-Ebola Outbreak Sierra Leone. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Bakke, Eirik; Øseth, Eirik; Fofanah, Tairu; Sesay, Ibrahim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2022) Vacuum births and barriers to its use: An observational study in governmental hospitals in Sierra Leone. BMJ Open
Academic article
van Kesteren, Jurre; Meylahn-Jansen, Pauline J.; Conteh, Amara; Lissenberg-Witte, Birgit I.; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Ashley, Thomas. (2022) Inguinal hernia surgery learning curves by associate clinicians. Surgical Endoscopy
Academic article
Adde, Håvard Askim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Andrews, Benetta; Bakker, Juul Marlies; Goyah, Kezelebah; Salvesen, Øyvind Olav. (2022) Mapping population access to essential surgical care in Liberia using equipment, personnel, and bellwether capability standards. British Journal of Surgery
Academic article

2021

Please, Helen R.; Vas Nunes, Jonathan H.; Patel, Rashida; Pluschke, Gerd; Tholley, Mohamed; Ruf, Marie-Therésè. (2021) Chronic wounds in sierra leone: Searching for buruli ulcer, a ntd caused by mycobacterium ulcerans, at masanga hospital. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Academic article
Sevalie, Stephen; Youkee, Daniel; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Bailey, Emma; Bangura, Thaimu; Mangipudi, Sowmya. (2021) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital utilisation in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health
Academic article
Sung, Sophia; Hørthe, Hilde; Svendsen, Øyvind Veel; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Salvesen, Øyvind; Vandi, Alphonsus. (2021) Early evaluation of the transition from an analog to an electronic surgical logbook system in Sierra Leone. BMC Medical Education
Academic article
Bakker, Juul Marlies; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Nolet, Wouter W.E.; Mboma, Peter; Sam, Tamba; van den Broek, Ankie. (2021) Barriers to increase surgical productivity in Sierra Leone: A qualitative study. BMJ Open
Academic article
Geraedts, Tessa J. M.; Boateng, Daniel; Lindenbergh, Karel C.; Van Delft, Diede; Mathéron, Hanna M.; Mönnink, Gulia L. E.. (2021) Evaluating the cascade of care for hypertension in Sierra Leone. Tropical medicine & international health
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Ystgaard, Brynjulf. (2021) Organisering av akutt kirurgi i USA, UK og Australia: kan vi lære noe?. Kirurgen
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) Akutt kirurgi - et globalt perspektiv. Kirurgen
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) AKUTTKIRURGI – HVOR GÅR VEIEN VIDERE?. Kirurgen
Editorial
Ahlback, Johan Gottfried; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Brudal, Frank; Endreseth, Birger Henning; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) Effekt av Covid-19 pandemien på innleggelser og behandling av akuttkirurgisk pasienter i Midt-Norge. Kirurgen
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Adde, Håvard Askim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Sherman, L.M.; Andrews, B.C.; Salvesen, Øyvind; Dunbar, N.K.. (2021) A Nationwide Enumeration of the Surgical Workforce, its Production and Disparities in Operative Productivity in Liberia. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan. (2021) CapaCare 10 years, 2011 – 2021. CapaCare International
Popular scientific book
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, Josien; Ashley, Thomas; Hagander, Lars; Holmer, Hampus; Koroma, Alimamy P.. (2021) Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment after caesarean section in Sierra Leone: An evaluation of the free health care initiative. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Gjøra, Andreas; Lindheim-Minde, Barbro; Bakker, Juul Marlies; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; van Leerdam, Daniel; Smalle, Isaac O. (2021) Changes in surgical volume, workforce, and productivity in Sierra Leone between 2012 and 2017. Surgery
Academic article
Van den Bergh, Graziella ; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) ECTMIH 2021: Track 8: Program for 29.09.2021 on Rehabilitation: See: https://ectmih2021.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Track-8-24.9.21.pdf .
Website (informational material)
Ashley, Thomas; Ashley, Hannah; Wladis, Andreas; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Beard, Jessica. (2021) Outcomes After Elective Inguinal Hernia Repair Performed by Associate Clinicians vs Medical Doctors in Sierra Leone: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open
Academic article

2020

van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, Josien; Kamara, Michael M; Forna, Fatu; Hagander, Lars; Rijken, Marcus J.. (2020) Perinatal outcomes of cesarean deliveries in Sierra Leone: A prospective multicenter observational study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2020) Folks tillit er vår kollektive vaksine. Adressavisen
Feature article
Wehrens, Erik; Bangura, JS; Falama, AM; Kamara, Kelfala BB; Dubbink, Jan Henk; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2020) Primum non nocere: Potential indirect adverse effects of COVID-19 containment strategies in the African region. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Short communication
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; National Audit of Small Bowel, NASBO Collaborators. (2020) Outcomes of obstructed abdominal wall hernia: results from the UK national small bowel obstruction audit. BJS Open
Academic article
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Adde, Håvard Askim; Fredin, Hans Ola; Holmer, Hampus; Hagander, Lars; Koroma, Alimamy Philip. (2020) Travel time and perinatal mortality after emergency caesarean sections: an evaluation of the 2-hour proximity indicator in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health
Academic article
Adde, Håvard Askim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Oghogho, Mark Deenize; Dunbar, Nelson; Tehmeh, Lekilay; Hampaye, Theophilus. (2020) Impact of surgical infrastructure and personnel on volume and availability of essential surgical procedures in Liberia. BJS Open
Academic article

2019

NASBO, NASBO Collaborators; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2019) National prospective cohort study of the burden of acute small bowel obstruction. BJS Open
Academic article
Holmer, Hampus; Kamara, Michael M.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Conteh, Sulaiman; Forna, Fatu. (2019) The rate and perioperative mortality of caesarean section in Sierra Leone . BMJ Global Health
Academic article
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
Academic article
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Kamara, Michael M.; Hagander, Lars; Ashley, Thomas; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Leather, Andy J.M.. (2019) Caesarean section performed by medical doctors and associate clinicians in Sierra Leone. British Journal of Surgery
Academic article
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
Academic article
Burgos, Carmen Mesas; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Bash-Taqi, Donald Alpha; Hagander, Lars; Schreeb, Johan. (2019) Correction to: The Met Needs for Pediatric Surgical Conditions in Sierra Leone: Estimating the Gap. World Journal of Surgery
Errata
Drake, Thomas M.; Lee, Matthew; Sayers, Adele; Abercrombie, John F.; Aucheson, Austin; Alderson, Derek A.. (2019) Outcomes following small bowel obstruction due to malignancy in the national audit of small bowel obstruction. European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Academic article
Lee, Matthew; Sayers, Adele; Drake, Thomas M.; Singh, Pritam; Bradburn, Mike; Wilson, Timothy J. (2019) Malnutrition, nutritional interventions and clinical outcomes of patients with acute small bowel obstruction: results from a national, multicentre, prospective audit. BMJ Open
Academic article
Jarosch-von Schweder, Lindy; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Endreseth, Birger Henning. (2019) St. Olav satser på akutt gastrokirurgi. Overlegen
Interview Journal

2018

Waalewijn, Bart; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Rijken, Markus J.; Elhassein, Mohammed; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2018) Important Research Elements in Aiding Training: Reply. World Journal of Surgery
Letter to the editor
Burgos, Carmen Mesas; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Bash-Taqi, Donald; Hagander, Lars; von Schreeb, Johan. (2018) Correction to: The Met Needs for Pediatric Surgical Conditions in Sierra Leone: Estimating the Gap. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Liu, Ben; Hunt, Lesley; Lonsdale, Robert J; Narula, Harjeet; Manasrey, Alieu; Bundu, Ibrahim. (2018) Comparison of surgical skill acquisition by UK surgical trainees and Sierra Leonean associate clinicians in a task-sharing programme. BJS Open
Academic article
Grimes, Caris E.; Quaife, Matthew; Kamara, Thaim B.; Lavy, Christopher B.D.; Leather, Andy J.M.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2018) Macroeconomic costs of the unmet burden of surgical disease in Sierra Leone: A retrospective economic analysis. BMJ Open
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2018) Humanitært arbeide – undervurdert som videreutdanning, men med bivirkninger. Dagens medisin
Feature article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Samai, Mohammed; Bash-Taqi, Donald Alpha; Gassama, Ibarahim; Waalewijn, Bart. (2018) Admissions and surgery as indicators of hospital functions in Sierra Leone during the west-African Ebola outbreak. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Treacy, Laura; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Sagbakken, Mette. (2018) Distance, accessibility and costs. Decision-making During Childbirth in Rural Sierra Leone: a Qualitative Study. PLOS ONE
Academic article

2017

Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Waalewijn, Bart; Elhassein, Mohamed; Kamara, T. B.; Deen, G F. (2017) Safety, productivity and predicted contribution of a surgical task-sharing programme in Sierra Leone. British Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Waalewijn, Bart; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Koroma, AP; Rijken, Markus J.; Elhassein, Mohammed; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2017) Learning Curve Characteristics for Caesarean Section Among Associate Clinicians: A Prospective Study from Sierra Leone. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2017) Chapter 6: A clinical officer training program in Sierra Leone and the decline of surgical care due to Ebola. Johns Hopkins University Press Johns Hopkins University Press
Non-fiction book
Burgos, Carmen Mesas; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Bash-Taqi, Donald; Hagander, Lars; von Screeb, Johan. (2017) The met needs for pediatric surgical conditions in Sierra Leone: estimating the gap. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article

2016

Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Haganger, Lars; von Screeb, J; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Kamara, T B; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2016) The Surgical Workforce and Surgical Provider Productivity in Sierra Leone: A Countrywide Inventory. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Haaskjold, Yngvar Lunde; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Krogh, Kurt; Jongopi, James; Lundeby, Karen Marie; Mellesmo, Sindre. (2016) Clinical features of and risk factors for fatal Ebola virus disease, Moyamba District, Sierra Leone, December 2014–February 2015. Emerging Infectious Diseases
Academic article
Brolin, Kim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Nordenstedt, Helena; Hoijer, J; Molnes, Ragnhild; Frøseth, Torunn Wigum. (2016) The Impact of the West Africa Ebola Outbreak on Obstetric Health Care in Sierra Leone. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Arranz, Javier; Lundeby, Karen Marie; Hassan, Shoaib; Fuentes, Luis Matías Zabala; Garcés, Pedro San José; Haaskjold, Yngvar Lunde. (2016) Clinical features of suspected Ebola cases referred to the Moyamba ETC, Sierra Leone: Challenges in the later stages of the 2014 outbreak. BMC Infectious Diseases
Academic article

2015

Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Schreeb, Johan; Samai, Mohamed; Bash-Taqi, Donald Alpha; Kamara, T. B.; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Met and unmet need for surgery in Sierra Leone: a comprehensive retrospective countrywide survey from all healthcare facilities performing surgery in 2012. Surgery
Academic article
Bjerring, A W; Lier, M E; Roed, S M; Vestby, P F; Endreseth, Birger Henning; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Assessment of caesarean section and inguinal hernia repair as proxy indicators of total number of surgeries. The Lancet
Abstract
Milland, Maria; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2015) Surgical task shifting in Sierra Leone: a controversial attempt to reduce maternal mortality. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Short communication
Bjerring, Anders Wold; Lier, Marius Eknæs; Rød, Siri Malene; Vestby, Pia Fiskaa; Melf, Klaus; Endreseth, Birger Henning. (2015) Assessing cesarean section and inguinal hernia repair as proxy indicators of the total number of surgeries performed in Sierra Leone in 2012. Surgery
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; von Schreeb, Johan; Samai, Mohammed; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Kamara, Thaim Buim; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Met and unmet needs for surgery in Sierra Leone: A comprehensive, retrospective, countrywide survey from all health care facilities performing operations in 2012. Surgery
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Hagander, Lars; von Schreeb, Johan; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Kamara, T. B.; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Who is performing surgery in low-income settings: a countrywide inventory of the surgical workforce distribution and scope of practice in Sierra Leone. The Lancet
Abstract
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; von Schreeb, Johan; Samai, Mohammed; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Kamara, T. B.; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Rates of caesarean section and total volume of surgery in Sierra Leone: a retrospective survey. The Lancet
Abstract
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2015) Slutten på begynnelsen?. VG : Verdens gang
Feature article

2014

Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Samai, Mohammed; Gerdin, Martin; von Schreeb, Johan. (2014) Ebola and Indirect Effects on Health Service Function in Sierra Leone. PLOS Currents
Academic article
Milland, Maria; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) Enhancing access to emergency obstetric care through surgical task shifting in Sierra Leone: confrontation with Ebola during recovery from civil war. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Editorial
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Waalewijn, Bart; Ystgaard, Brynjulf; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) Strengthening of the Sierra Leonean Health System by Implementing a Surgical Task Shifting Programme. MT Bulletin of the Netherlands Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) - Verden har ikke skjønt ebola-alvoret . Adresseavisen
Interview Journal
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) Ebola i Trondheim? Ja, selvfølgelig!. Adresseavisen
Feature article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Holmer, Hampus; Hagander, L. (2014) WHO-initiativ för ökad tillgång till kirurgi i resursfattiga områden. Läkartidningen
Reader opinion piece
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) Rapport fra Sierra Leone. INDERØYNINGEN
Interview Journal

2013

van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, J; Ashley, T; Bash-Taqi, D; Jorgensen, P; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2013) The surgical training program: increasing surgical capacity in sierra leone by training medical doctors and community health officers in surgical and obstetric skills - progress report. Tropical medicine & international health
Abstract
Ystgaard, Brynjulf; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2013) Surgery and task shifting in the rainforest. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Popular scientific article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Ystgaard, Brynjulf. (2013) Kirurgien som ikke blir gjort. Kirurgen
Popular scientific article
Ystgaard, Brynjulf; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2013) Kirurgi og global helse. Overlegen
Popular scientific article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Ystgaard, Brynjulf. (2013) Kirurgisk opplæring i Sierra Leone. Kirurgen
Popular scientific article

2011

Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2011) Kriminelt å redde liv?. Dagsavisen
Feature article
Dvergsdal, Elin Yli; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2011) The global health workforce crisis. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Popular scientific article

2009

Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2009) Knuste liv. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Short communication

2008

Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2008) Militær bistand og den humanitære slagmark. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Short communication
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2008) Malaria – en stille katastrofe. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Popular scientific article

Journal publications

Stone, Hana; Bailey, Emma; Wurie, Haja; Leather, Andrew J M; Davies, Justine I.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2024) A qualitative study examining the health system's response to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Werz, Markus Jan; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Hampaye, Theophilus C.; van den Broek, Ankie; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2024) Exploring barriers and enabling factors for surgical task sharing with physician assistants in Liberia: a qualitative pre-implementation study. BMJ Open
Academic article
Adde, Håvard Askim; Oghogho, Mark Deenize; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Grimes, Caris E; Hampaye, Theophilus C; Quaife, Matthew. (2024) The economic burden associated with unmet surgical needs in Liberia: A retrospective macroeconomic analysis based on a nationwide enumeration of surgical procedures. BMJ Open
Academic article
Logstein, Erika; Torp, Richard Hald; Ashley, Thomas; Kamara, Michael M.; Koroma, Alimamy P.; Dumbuya, Abu Bakarr. (2024) Long-term maternal outcomes 5 years after cesarean section in Sierra Leone: A prospective cohort study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Academic article
Ashley, Thomas; Ashley, Hannah F.; Wladis, Andreas; Nordin, Pär; Ohene-Yeboah, Michael; Rukas, Rimantas. (2023) Standardised Competency-Based Training of Medical Doctors and Associate Clinicians in Inguinal Repair with Mesh in Sierra Leone. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
van Kesteren, Jurre; van Goudoever, Leandra A.E.; Conteh, Amara; van Acker, Gijs J.D.; Bonjer, H. Jaap; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2023) Technical Perspective for Video Based Assessment of Surgeries in Low-Resource Settings. Journal of Surgical Education
Academic article
Wangen, Endre; Gillund, Even Westgaard; Reinholdtsen, Eirik Midtgaard; Henriksveen, Kristian Jostad; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Faqiri, Mirwais. (2023) Akutte laparotomier ved St. Olavs hospital. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Academic article
Lindenbergh, Karel C.; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Ahlback, Johan Gottfrid; Kamoh, Joseph; Bah, Silleh; Ashley, Thomas. (2023) Prevalence, incidence, repair rate, and morbidity of groin hernias in Sierra Leone: cross-sectional household study. BJS Open
Academic article
Eide, Arne Henning; Braathen, Stine Hellum; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Dvergsdal, Elin Yli. (2023) Bistand rettet mot de fattigste treffer ofte feil. Dagens næringsliv
Feature article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2022) Global kirurgi. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Academic article
van Kesteren, Jurre; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Marah, Foday; van Delft, Diede; Spector, Antoinette L.; Cassidy, Laura D.. (2022) PREvalence Study on Surgical COnditions (PRESSCO) 2020: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Countrywide Survey on Surgical Conditions in Post-Ebola Outbreak Sierra Leone. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Bakke, Eirik; Øseth, Eirik; Fofanah, Tairu; Sesay, Ibrahim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2022) Vacuum births and barriers to its use: An observational study in governmental hospitals in Sierra Leone. BMJ Open
Academic article
van Kesteren, Jurre; Meylahn-Jansen, Pauline J.; Conteh, Amara; Lissenberg-Witte, Birgit I.; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Ashley, Thomas. (2022) Inguinal hernia surgery learning curves by associate clinicians. Surgical Endoscopy
Academic article
Adde, Håvard Askim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Andrews, Benetta; Bakker, Juul Marlies; Goyah, Kezelebah; Salvesen, Øyvind Olav. (2022) Mapping population access to essential surgical care in Liberia using equipment, personnel, and bellwether capability standards. British Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Please, Helen R.; Vas Nunes, Jonathan H.; Patel, Rashida; Pluschke, Gerd; Tholley, Mohamed; Ruf, Marie-Therésè. (2021) Chronic wounds in sierra leone: Searching for buruli ulcer, a ntd caused by mycobacterium ulcerans, at masanga hospital. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Academic article
Sevalie, Stephen; Youkee, Daniel; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Bailey, Emma; Bangura, Thaimu; Mangipudi, Sowmya. (2021) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital utilisation in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health
Academic article
Sung, Sophia; Hørthe, Hilde; Svendsen, Øyvind Veel; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Salvesen, Øyvind; Vandi, Alphonsus. (2021) Early evaluation of the transition from an analog to an electronic surgical logbook system in Sierra Leone. BMC Medical Education
Academic article
Bakker, Juul Marlies; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Nolet, Wouter W.E.; Mboma, Peter; Sam, Tamba; van den Broek, Ankie. (2021) Barriers to increase surgical productivity in Sierra Leone: A qualitative study. BMJ Open
Academic article
Geraedts, Tessa J. M.; Boateng, Daniel; Lindenbergh, Karel C.; Van Delft, Diede; Mathéron, Hanna M.; Mönnink, Gulia L. E.. (2021) Evaluating the cascade of care for hypertension in Sierra Leone. Tropical medicine & international health
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Ystgaard, Brynjulf. (2021) Organisering av akutt kirurgi i USA, UK og Australia: kan vi lære noe?. Kirurgen
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) Akutt kirurgi - et globalt perspektiv. Kirurgen
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) AKUTTKIRURGI – HVOR GÅR VEIEN VIDERE?. Kirurgen
Editorial
Ahlback, Johan Gottfried; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Brudal, Frank; Endreseth, Birger Henning; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) Effekt av Covid-19 pandemien på innleggelser og behandling av akuttkirurgisk pasienter i Midt-Norge. Kirurgen
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Adde, Håvard Askim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Sherman, L.M.; Andrews, B.C.; Salvesen, Øyvind; Dunbar, N.K.. (2021) A Nationwide Enumeration of the Surgical Workforce, its Production and Disparities in Operative Productivity in Liberia. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, Josien; Ashley, Thomas; Hagander, Lars; Holmer, Hampus; Koroma, Alimamy P.. (2021) Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment after caesarean section in Sierra Leone: An evaluation of the free health care initiative. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Gjøra, Andreas; Lindheim-Minde, Barbro; Bakker, Juul Marlies; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; van Leerdam, Daniel; Smalle, Isaac O. (2021) Changes in surgical volume, workforce, and productivity in Sierra Leone between 2012 and 2017. Surgery
Academic article
Ashley, Thomas; Ashley, Hannah; Wladis, Andreas; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Beard, Jessica. (2021) Outcomes After Elective Inguinal Hernia Repair Performed by Associate Clinicians vs Medical Doctors in Sierra Leone: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open
Academic article
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, Josien; Kamara, Michael M; Forna, Fatu; Hagander, Lars; Rijken, Marcus J.. (2020) Perinatal outcomes of cesarean deliveries in Sierra Leone: A prospective multicenter observational study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2020) Folks tillit er vår kollektive vaksine. Adressavisen
Feature article
Wehrens, Erik; Bangura, JS; Falama, AM; Kamara, Kelfala BB; Dubbink, Jan Henk; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2020) Primum non nocere: Potential indirect adverse effects of COVID-19 containment strategies in the African region. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Short communication
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; National Audit of Small Bowel, NASBO Collaborators. (2020) Outcomes of obstructed abdominal wall hernia: results from the UK national small bowel obstruction audit. BJS Open
Academic article
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Adde, Håvard Askim; Fredin, Hans Ola; Holmer, Hampus; Hagander, Lars; Koroma, Alimamy Philip. (2020) Travel time and perinatal mortality after emergency caesarean sections: an evaluation of the 2-hour proximity indicator in Sierra Leone. BMJ Global Health
Academic article
Adde, Håvard Askim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Oghogho, Mark Deenize; Dunbar, Nelson; Tehmeh, Lekilay; Hampaye, Theophilus. (2020) Impact of surgical infrastructure and personnel on volume and availability of essential surgical procedures in Liberia. BJS Open
Academic article
NASBO, NASBO Collaborators; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2019) National prospective cohort study of the burden of acute small bowel obstruction. BJS Open
Academic article
Holmer, Hampus; Kamara, Michael M.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Conteh, Sulaiman; Forna, Fatu. (2019) The rate and perioperative mortality of caesarean section in Sierra Leone . BMJ Global Health
Academic article
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
Academic article
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Kamara, Michael M.; Hagander, Lars; Ashley, Thomas; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Leather, Andy J.M.. (2019) Caesarean section performed by medical doctors and associate clinicians in Sierra Leone. British Journal of Surgery
Academic article
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
Academic article
Burgos, Carmen Mesas; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Bash-Taqi, Donald Alpha; Hagander, Lars; Schreeb, Johan. (2019) Correction to: The Met Needs for Pediatric Surgical Conditions in Sierra Leone: Estimating the Gap. World Journal of Surgery
Errata
Drake, Thomas M.; Lee, Matthew; Sayers, Adele; Abercrombie, John F.; Aucheson, Austin; Alderson, Derek A.. (2019) Outcomes following small bowel obstruction due to malignancy in the national audit of small bowel obstruction. European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Academic article
Lee, Matthew; Sayers, Adele; Drake, Thomas M.; Singh, Pritam; Bradburn, Mike; Wilson, Timothy J. (2019) Malnutrition, nutritional interventions and clinical outcomes of patients with acute small bowel obstruction: results from a national, multicentre, prospective audit. BMJ Open
Academic article
Jarosch-von Schweder, Lindy; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Endreseth, Birger Henning. (2019) St. Olav satser på akutt gastrokirurgi. Overlegen
Interview Journal
Waalewijn, Bart; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Rijken, Markus J.; Elhassein, Mohammed; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2018) Important Research Elements in Aiding Training: Reply. World Journal of Surgery
Letter to the editor
Burgos, Carmen Mesas; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Bash-Taqi, Donald; Hagander, Lars; von Schreeb, Johan. (2018) Correction to: The Met Needs for Pediatric Surgical Conditions in Sierra Leone: Estimating the Gap. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Liu, Ben; Hunt, Lesley; Lonsdale, Robert J; Narula, Harjeet; Manasrey, Alieu; Bundu, Ibrahim. (2018) Comparison of surgical skill acquisition by UK surgical trainees and Sierra Leonean associate clinicians in a task-sharing programme. BJS Open
Academic article
Grimes, Caris E.; Quaife, Matthew; Kamara, Thaim B.; Lavy, Christopher B.D.; Leather, Andy J.M.; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2018) Macroeconomic costs of the unmet burden of surgical disease in Sierra Leone: A retrospective economic analysis. BMJ Open
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2018) Humanitært arbeide – undervurdert som videreutdanning, men med bivirkninger. Dagens medisin
Feature article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Samai, Mohammed; Bash-Taqi, Donald Alpha; Gassama, Ibarahim; Waalewijn, Bart. (2018) Admissions and surgery as indicators of hospital functions in Sierra Leone during the west-African Ebola outbreak. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Treacy, Laura; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Sagbakken, Mette. (2018) Distance, accessibility and costs. Decision-making During Childbirth in Rural Sierra Leone: a Qualitative Study. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Waalewijn, Bart; Elhassein, Mohamed; Kamara, T. B.; Deen, G F. (2017) Safety, productivity and predicted contribution of a surgical task-sharing programme in Sierra Leone. British Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Waalewijn, Bart; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Koroma, AP; Rijken, Markus J.; Elhassein, Mohammed; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2017) Learning Curve Characteristics for Caesarean Section Among Associate Clinicians: A Prospective Study from Sierra Leone. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Burgos, Carmen Mesas; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Bash-Taqi, Donald; Hagander, Lars; von Screeb, Johan. (2017) The met needs for pediatric surgical conditions in Sierra Leone: estimating the gap. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Haganger, Lars; von Screeb, J; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Kamara, T B; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2016) The Surgical Workforce and Surgical Provider Productivity in Sierra Leone: A Countrywide Inventory. World Journal of Surgery
Academic article
Haaskjold, Yngvar Lunde; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Krogh, Kurt; Jongopi, James; Lundeby, Karen Marie; Mellesmo, Sindre. (2016) Clinical features of and risk factors for fatal Ebola virus disease, Moyamba District, Sierra Leone, December 2014–February 2015. Emerging Infectious Diseases
Academic article
Brolin, Kim; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Nordenstedt, Helena; Hoijer, J; Molnes, Ragnhild; Frøseth, Torunn Wigum. (2016) The Impact of the West Africa Ebola Outbreak on Obstetric Health Care in Sierra Leone. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Arranz, Javier; Lundeby, Karen Marie; Hassan, Shoaib; Fuentes, Luis Matías Zabala; Garcés, Pedro San José; Haaskjold, Yngvar Lunde. (2016) Clinical features of suspected Ebola cases referred to the Moyamba ETC, Sierra Leone: Challenges in the later stages of the 2014 outbreak. BMC Infectious Diseases
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Schreeb, Johan; Samai, Mohamed; Bash-Taqi, Donald Alpha; Kamara, T. B.; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Met and unmet need for surgery in Sierra Leone: a comprehensive retrospective countrywide survey from all healthcare facilities performing surgery in 2012. Surgery
Academic article
Bjerring, A W; Lier, M E; Roed, S M; Vestby, P F; Endreseth, Birger Henning; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Assessment of caesarean section and inguinal hernia repair as proxy indicators of total number of surgeries. The Lancet
Abstract
Milland, Maria; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2015) Surgical task shifting in Sierra Leone: a controversial attempt to reduce maternal mortality. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Short communication
Bjerring, Anders Wold; Lier, Marius Eknæs; Rød, Siri Malene; Vestby, Pia Fiskaa; Melf, Klaus; Endreseth, Birger Henning. (2015) Assessing cesarean section and inguinal hernia repair as proxy indicators of the total number of surgeries performed in Sierra Leone in 2012. Surgery
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; von Schreeb, Johan; Samai, Mohammed; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Kamara, Thaim Buim; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Met and unmet needs for surgery in Sierra Leone: A comprehensive, retrospective, countrywide survey from all health care facilities performing operations in 2012. Surgery
Academic article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Hagander, Lars; von Schreeb, Johan; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Kamara, T. B.; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Who is performing surgery in low-income settings: a countrywide inventory of the surgical workforce distribution and scope of practice in Sierra Leone. The Lancet
Abstract
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; von Schreeb, Johan; Samai, Mohammed; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Kamara, T. B.; Salvesen, Øyvind. (2015) Rates of caesarean section and total volume of surgery in Sierra Leone: a retrospective survey. The Lancet
Abstract
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2015) Slutten på begynnelsen?. VG : Verdens gang
Feature article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Bash-Taqi, Donald A.; Samai, Mohammed; Gerdin, Martin; von Schreeb, Johan. (2014) Ebola and Indirect Effects on Health Service Function in Sierra Leone. PLOS Currents
Academic article
Milland, Maria; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) Enhancing access to emergency obstetric care through surgical task shifting in Sierra Leone: confrontation with Ebola during recovery from civil war. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Editorial
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Waalewijn, Bart; Ystgaard, Brynjulf; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) Strengthening of the Sierra Leonean Health System by Implementing a Surgical Task Shifting Programme. MT Bulletin of the Netherlands Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) - Verden har ikke skjønt ebola-alvoret . Adresseavisen
Interview Journal
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) Ebola i Trondheim? Ja, selvfølgelig!. Adresseavisen
Feature article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Holmer, Hampus; Hagander, L. (2014) WHO-initiativ för ökad tillgång till kirurgi i resursfattiga områden. Läkartidningen
Reader opinion piece
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2014) Rapport fra Sierra Leone. INDERØYNINGEN
Interview Journal
van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, J; Ashley, T; Bash-Taqi, D; Jorgensen, P; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2013) The surgical training program: increasing surgical capacity in sierra leone by training medical doctors and community health officers in surgical and obstetric skills - progress report. Tropical medicine & international health
Abstract
Ystgaard, Brynjulf; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2013) Surgery and task shifting in the rainforest. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Popular scientific article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Ystgaard, Brynjulf. (2013) Kirurgien som ikke blir gjort. Kirurgen
Popular scientific article
Ystgaard, Brynjulf; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2013) Kirurgi og global helse. Overlegen
Popular scientific article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Ystgaard, Brynjulf. (2013) Kirurgisk opplæring i Sierra Leone. Kirurgen
Popular scientific article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2011) Kriminelt å redde liv?. Dagsavisen
Feature article
Dvergsdal, Elin Yli; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2011) The global health workforce crisis. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Popular scientific article
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2009) Knuste liv. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Short communication
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2008) Militær bistand og den humanitære slagmark. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Short communication
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2008) Malaria – en stille katastrofe. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Popular scientific article

Books

Bolkan, Håkon Angell; van Duinen, Aalke Johan. (2021) CapaCare 10 years, 2011 – 2021. CapaCare International
Popular scientific book
Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2017) Chapter 6: A clinical officer training program in Sierra Leone and the decline of surgical care due to Ebola. Johns Hopkins University Press Johns Hopkins University Press
Non-fiction book

INFORMASJONSMATR

Van den Bergh, Graziella ; Bolkan, Håkon Angell. (2021) ECTMIH 2021: Track 8: Program for 29.09.2021 on Rehabilitation: See: https://ectmih2021.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Track-8-24.9.21.pdf .
Website (informational material)

Teaching

Courses

Knowledge Transfer