default author photo

Francis Smart

Government of Sierra Leone - Ministry of Health and Sanitation

Freetown

Sierra Leone

  • Government of Sierra Leone - Ministry of Health and Sanitation

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

3

DOWNLOADS

1,643

TOTAL CITATIONS

13

Scholarly Papers (3)

Actions:
Email selected abstracts
1.

Improving Access to Essential Medicines via Decision-Aware Machine Learning

The Wharton School Research Paper, Nature, 0[10.1038/s41586-026-10433-7]
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 02 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2026
Angel Tsai-Hsuan Chung, Jatu Abdulai, Patrick Bayoh, Lawrence Sandi, Francis Smart, Hamsa Bastani and Osbert Bastani
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Government of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone National Medical Supplies, Government of Sierra Leone, Government of Sierra Leone - Ministry of Health and Sanitation, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania
Downloads 951 (60,963)

Abstract:

Loading...

Machine Learning, Healthcare Operations, Global Health, Decision-Aware Learning

2.

Indirect Effects on Maternal and Child Mortality from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Disruptions in Healthcare Utilization in 18 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 Sep 2021
Tashrik Ahmed, Timothy Roberton, Monitoring of Essential Health Services Team, Jean Patrick Alfred, Martina L. Baye, Mamatou Diabate, Helen Kiarie, Paul Mbaka, Nur Ali Mohamud, Charles Mwansambo, Youssoupha Ndiaye, Charles Nzelu, Anthony Ofosu, Tsihory Raharison, Husnia Sadat, Francis Smart, Helal Uddin, Naod Wendrad, Chea Sanford Wesseh, Mohamad Lamine Yansane, Sylvain Yuma, Petronella Vergeer, Peter Meredith Hansen, Jed Friedman and Gil Shapira
World Bank, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, World Bank - The Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescents, Minister of Public Health and Population of the Republic of Haiti, Cameroun Ministére de la Sante Publiqué, Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique du Mali, Government of Kenya - Department of Health Informatics Monitoring and Evaluation, Republic of Uganda Ministry of Health, Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health (Malawi), Ministère de la Santé et de l’Action Sociale (MSAS), Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Services- Centre for Health Information Management, Ministère de la santé publique de Madagascar, World Bank - Development Research Group, Government of Sierra Leone - Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health, Liberia Ministry of Health, Ministère de la santé de la Republique de Guinee, Democratic Republic of Congo - Ministry of Health, The Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescents, World Bank - The Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescents, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and The World Bank
Downloads 572 (118,951)
Citation 11

Abstract:

Loading...

COVID-19, Maternal mortality, Child mortality, Essential health services, Health system resilience, service disruptions

3.

Child, Maternal, and Adult Mortality in Sierra Leone: Nationally Representative Mortality Survey 2018-2020

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 Jun 2021
Ronald Carshon-Marsh, Ashley Aimone, Rashid Ansumana, Ibrahim Bob Swaray, Anteneh Assalif, Alimatu Musa, Catherine Meh, Francis Smart, Sze Hang Fu, Leslie Newcombe, Nandita Saikia, Hellen Gelband, Amara Jambai and Prabhat Jha
Government of Sierra Leone - Ministry of Health and Sanitation, University of Toronto - Centre for Global Health Research, Njala University, Njala University, Njala University, University of Toronto - Centre for Global Health Research, University of Toronto - Centre for Global Health Research, Government of Sierra Leone - Ministry of Health and Sanitation, University of Toronto - Centre for Global Health Research, University of Toronto - Centre for Global Health Research, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), University of Toronto - Centre for Global Health Research, Government of Sierra Leone - Ministry of Health and Sanitation and University of Toronto - Centre for Global Health Research
Downloads 120 (596,393)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...