Leon Janauschek is a Policy Officer at the African Health Observatory - Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP). Hosted by the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), AHOP leverages existing national and regional collaborations to form a network of National Centres that currently include leading research institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal. AHOP draws on support from a technical consortium including the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, LSE and national, regional and global partners.

Leon’s background is in international development and political science, and he holds a MSc in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. His regional focus lies on Sub-Saharan Africa, and he has spent several years working in the Ugandan civil society sector on implementing community-based health programmes. Leon has conducted in-depth research in the intersection of the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics, the ethics of international health worker migration, and cash-based assistance in the humanitarian sector. His main interest lies in the nexus between policy, research, and practice. Prior to joining LSE, Leon was working as a policy evaluation consultant, most notably on a project with the African Development Bank (AfDB).