Gavin Mark Yamey | Scholars@Duke

Gavin Mark Yamey
Professor of the Practice of Global Health in the Global Health Institute

Gavin Yamey, MD, MPH, trained in clinical medicine at Oxford University and University College London, medical journalism and editing at the BMJ and public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was Deputy Editor of the Western Journal of Medicine, Assistant Editor at the BMJ, a founding Senior Editor of PLOS Medicine, and the Principal Investigator on a $1.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the launch of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. In 2009, he was awarded a Kaiser Family Mini-Media Fellowship in Global Health Reporting to examine the barriers to scaling up low cost, low tech health tools in Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.

Dr. Yamey serves on two international health commissions, the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health and the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. He has been an External Advisor to the WHO and to TDR, the Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. Dr. Yamey has published extensively on global health, neglected diseases, health policy, and disparities in health and has been a frequent commentator on National Public Radio.

Before joining Duke, Dr. Yamey led the Evidence-to-Policy Initiative in the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and was an Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatics at the UCSF School of Medicine.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of the Practice of Global Health in the Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2015
Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Publc Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2015
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2017

Contact Information

gavin.yamey@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.P.H., London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom) 2010
- M.B.B.S., University College London (United Kingdom) 1994
Recognition
In the News
- MAR 6, 2017 Global Health Institute
  
  Duke-Margolis Report: U.S. Investment in Global Health R&D Saves Lives, Boosts Economy
- MAR 28, 2016
  
  Infectious Disease Symposium Convenes at Duke April 1
- MAR 8, 2016 NPR
  
  Dr. Gavin Yamey: What it'd take to save 10 million lives -- zinc, bed nets, $70 billion
- SEP 24, 2015 NPR
  
  Dr. Gavin Yamey: What, really, does 'sustainable' mean?
- SEP 3, 2015 The Huffington Post
  
  Gavin Yamey, co-author: The world's new health goal will need game-changing health technologies
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - Ethiopia (Country)
  - India (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Improved Health Outcomes Through Big Data awarded by BroadReach Healthcare 2016 - 2021
- Breaking Down Barriers to Universal Health Coverage: Implementing Health Financing Solutions through Knowledge-sharing and Accountability awarded by Results for Development Institute 2017 - 2018
- Supporting the Government of China to Implement Health Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2016 - 2018
- GHTC R&D Mapping awarded by PATH 2016 - 2017
- Disease Control Priorities Project awarded by University of Washington 2016
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Cox, J. Corporations. 1997. (Monograph)
- Conference Papers
  - Gutnik, L, Yamey, G, Riviello, R, Meara, JG, Dare, AJ, and Shrime, MG. "Financial contributions to global surgery: an analysis of 160 international charitable organizations. (Published online)" Switzerland. 2016. Full Text Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - McArthur, JW, Rasmussen, K, and Yamey, G. "How many lives are at stake? Assessing 2030 sustainable development goal trajectories for maternal and child health." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 360 (February 15, 2018): k373-. Full Text
  - Schar, DL, Yamey, GM, Machalaba, CC, and Karesh, WB. "A framework for stimulating economic investments to prevent emerging diseases." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 96, no. 2 (February 1, 2018): 138-140. Full Text
  - Horvath, H, Brindis, CD, Reyes, EM, Yamey, G, Franck, L, and Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (KTE) Working Group, . "Preterm birth: the role of knowledge transfer and exchange." Health research policy and systems 15, no. 1 (September 6, 2017): 78-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Schäferhoff, M, Aars, OK, Bloom, B, Carroll, D, Chawla, M, Dzau, V, Echalar, R, Gill, IS, Godal, T, Gupta, S, Jamison, D, Kelley, P, Kristensen, F, Mundaca-Shah, C, Oppenheim, B, Pavlin, J, Salvado, R, Sands, P, Schmunis, R, Soucat, A, Summers, LH, El Turabi, A, Waldman, R, and Whiting, E. "Financing of international collective action for epidemic and pandemic preparedness." The Lancet. Global health 5, no. 8 (August 2017): e742-e744. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Beyeler, N, Wadge, H, and Jamison, D. "[Investing in health: the economic case. Report of the WISH Investing in Health Forum 2016]." Salud publica de Mexico 59, no. 3 (May 2017): 321-342. Full Text
  - Kruk, ME, Kujawski, S, Moyer, CA, Adanu, RM, Afsana, K, Cohen, J, Glassman, A, Labrique, A, Reddy, KS, and Yamey, G. "Next generation maternal health: external shocks and health-system innovations." Lancet (London, England) 388, no. 10057 (November 2016): 2296-2306. (Review) Full Text
  - González-Pier, E, Barraza-Lloréns, M, Beyeler, N, Jamison, D, Knaul, F, Lozano, R, Yamey, G, and Sepúlveda, J. "Mexico's path towards the Sustainable Development Goal for health: an assessment of the feasibility of reducing premature mortality by 40% by 2030." The Lancet. Global health 4, no. 10 (October 2016): e714-e725. Full Text
  - Munshi, V, Yamey, G, and Verguet, S. "Trends In State-Level Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, And Fertility Rates In India." Health affairs (Project Hope) 35, no. 10 (October 2016): 1759-1763. Full Text
  - Dare, AJ, Lee, KC, Bleicher, J, Elobu, AE, Kamara, TB, Liko, O, Luboga, S, Danlop, A, Kune, G, Hagander, L, Leather, AJM, and Yamey, G. "Prioritizing Surgical Care on National Health Agendas: A Qualitative Case Study of Papua New Guinea, Uganda, and Sierra Leone." PLoS medicine 13, no. 5 (May 17, 2016): e1002023-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Horváth, H, Schmidt, L, Myers, J, and Brindis, CD. "Reducing the global burden of Preterm Birth through knowledge transfer and exchange: a research agenda for engaging effectively with policymakers." Reproductive health 13 (March 18, 2016): 26-. (Review) Full Text
  - Kruk, ME, Yamey, G, Angell, SY, Beith, A, Cotlear, D, Guanais, F, Jacobs, L, Saxenian, H, Victora, C, and Goosby, E. "Transforming Global Health by Improving the Science of Scale-Up." PLoS biology 14, no. 3 (March 2, 2016): e1002360-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Morel, C. "Investing in Health Innovation: A Cornerstone to Achieving Global Health Convergence." PLoS Biology 14, no. 3 (March 2, 2016): e1002389-. Full Text
  - Meara, JG, Leather, AJM, Hagander, L, Alkire, BC, Alonso, N, Ameh, EA, Bickler, SW, Conteh, L, Dare, AJ, Davies, J, Mérisier, ED, El-Halabi, S, Farmer, PE, Gawande, A, Gillies, R, Greenberg, SLM, Grimes, CE, Gruen, RL, Ismail, EA, Kamara, TB, Lavy, C, Lundeg, G, Mkandawire, NC, Raykar, NP, Riesel, JN, Rodas, E, Rose, J, Roy, N, Shrime, MG, Sullivan, R, Verguet, S, Watters, D, Weiser, TG, Wilson, IH, Yamey, G, and Yip, W. "Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development." International journal of obstetric anesthesia 25 (February 2016): 75-78. Full Text
  - Gugsa, F, Karmarkar, E, Cheyne, A, and Yamey, G. "Newspaper coverage of maternal health in Bangladesh, Rwanda and South Africa: a quantitative and qualitative content analysis." BMJ open 6, no. 1 (January 13, 2016): e008837-. Full Text
  - Jordan, K, Butrick, E, Yamey, G, and Miller, S. "Barriers and Facilitators to Scaling Up the Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment for Treating Obstetric Hemorrhage: A Qualitative Study." PloS one 11, no. 3 (January 2016): e0150739-. Full Text
  - Opiyo, N, Yamey, G, and Garner, P. "Subsidising artemisinin-based combination therapy in the private retail sector." The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 3 (January 2016): CD009926-. (Review) Full Text
  - Participants at the Bellagio Workshop on Implementing Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage, , Bump, J, Cashin, C, Chalkidou, K, Evans, D, González-Pier, E, Guo, Y, Holtz, J, Htay, DTT, Levin, C, Marten, R, Mensah, S, Pablos-Méndez, A, Rannan-Eliya, R, Sabignoso, M, Saxenian, H, Feachem, NS, Soucat, A, Tangcharoensathien, V, Wang, H, Woldemariam, AT, and Yamey, G. "Implementing pro-poor universal health coverage." The Lancet. Global health 4, no. 1 (January 2016): e14-e16. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Sundewall, J, Saxenian, H, Hecht, R, Jordan, K, Schäferhoff, M, Schrade, C, Deleye, C, Thomas, M, Blanchet, N, Summers, L, and Jamison, D. "Reorienting health aid to meet post-2015 global health challenges: a case study of Sweden as a donor." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 32, no. 1 (2016): 122-146. Full Text
  - Schäferhoff, M, Fewer, S, Kraus, J, Richter, E, Summers, LH, Sundewall, J, Yamey, G, and Jamison, DT. "How much donor financing for health is channelled to global versus country-specific aid functions?." Lancet (London, England) 386, no. 10011 (December 2015): 2436-2441. Full Text
  - Beyeler, N, González-Pier, E, Alleyne, G, Barraza-Lloréns, M, Frenk, J, Pablos-Mendez, A, Pérez-Cuevas, R, Regalia, F, Sepúlveda, J, Jamison, D, and Yamey, G. "[Global health 2035: implications for Mexico (commentary)]." Salud publica de Mexico 57, no. 5 (September 2015): 441-443.
  - Jamison, DT, Summers, LH, Alleyne, G, Arrow, KJ, Berkley, S, Binagwaho, A, Bustreo, F, Evans, D, Feachem, RGA, Frenk, J, Ghosh, G, Goldie, SJ, Guo, Y, Gupta, S, Horton, R, Kruk, ME, Mahmoud, A, Mohohlo, LK, Ncube, M, Pablos-Mendez, A, Reddy, KS, Saxenian, H, Soucat, A, Ulltveit-Moe, KH, and Yamey, G. "[Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation]." Salud publica de Mexico 57, no. 5 (September 2015): 444-467.
  - Meara, JG, Leather, AJM, Hagander, L, Alkire, BC, Alonso, N, Ameh, EA, Bickler, SW, Conteh, L, Dare, AJ, Davies, J, Mérisier, ED, El-Halabi, S, Farmer, PE, Gawande, A, Gillies, R, Greenberg, SLM, Grimes, CE, Gruen, RL, Ismail, EA, Kamara, TB, Lavy, C, Lundeg, G, Mkandawire, NC, Raykar, NP, Riesel, JN, Rodas, E, Rose, J, Roy, N, Shrime, MG, Sullivan, R, Verguet, S, Watters, D, Weiser, TG, Wilson, IH, Yamey, G, and Yip, W. "Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development." American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 213, no. 3 (September 2015): 338-340. Full Text
  - Meara, JG, Leather, AJM, Hagander, L, Alkire, BC, Alonso, N, Ameh, EA, Bickler, SW, Conteh, L, Dare, AJ, Davies, J, Mérisier, ED, El-Halabi, S, Farmer, PE, Gawande, A, Gillies, R, Greenberg, SLM, Grimes, CE, Gruen, RL, Ismail, EA, Kamara, TB, Lavy, C, Lundeg, G, Mkandawire, NC, Raykar, NP, Riesel, JN, Rodas, E, Rose, J, Roy, N, Shrime, MG, Sullivan, R, Verguet, S, Watters, D, Weiser, TG, Wilson, IH, Yamey, G, and Yip, W. "Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development." Lancet (London, England) 386, no. 9993 (August 2015): 569-624. (Review) Full Text
  - Meara, JG, Leather, AJM, Hagander, L, Alkire, BC, Alonso, N, Ameh, EA, Bickler, SW, Conteh, L, Dare, AJ, Davies, J, Mérisier, ED, El-Halabi, S, Farmer, PE, Gawande, A, Gillies, R, Greenberg, SLM, Grimes, CE, Gruen, RL, Ismail, EA, Kamara, TB, Lavy, C, Ganbold, L, Mkandawire, NC, Raykar, NP, Riesel, JN, Rodas, E, Rose, J, Roy, N, Shrime, MG, Sullivan, R, Verguet, S, Watters, D, Weiser, TG, Wilson, IH, Yamey, G, and Yip, W. "Global Surgery 2030: Evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development." Surgery 158, no. 1 (July 2015): 3-6. Full Text
  - Dieleman, JL, Yamey, G, Johnson, EK, Graves, CM, Haakenstad, A, and Meara, JG. "Tracking global expenditures on surgery: gaps in knowledge hinder progress." The Lancet. Global health 3 Suppl 2 (April 2015): S2-S4. Full Text
  - Verguet, S, Alkire, BC, Bickler, SW, Lauer, JA, Uribe-Leitz, T, Molina, G, Weiser, TG, Yamey, G, and Shrime, MG. "Timing and cost of scaling up surgical services in low-income and middle-income countries from 2012 to 2030: a modelling study." The Lancet. Global health 3 Suppl 2 (April 2015): S28-S37. Full Text
  - Powell, RA, Mwangi-Powell, FN, Radbruch, L, Yamey, G, Krakauer, EL, Spence, D, Ali, Z, Baxter, S, De Lima, L, Xhixha, A, Rajagopal, MR, and Knaul, F. "Putting palliative care on the global health agenda." The Lancet. Oncology 16, no. 2 (February 2015): 131-133. Full Text
  - Gutnik, L, Dieleman, J, Dare, AJ, Ramos, MS, Riviello, R, Meara, JG, Yamey, G, and Shrime, MG. "Funding allocation to surgery in low and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis of contributions from the USA." BMJ open 5, no. 11 (January 2015): e008780-. Full Text
  - Jamison, DT, Summers, LH, Alleyne, G, Arrow, KJ, Berkley, S, Binagwaho, A, Bustreo, F, Evans, D, Feachem, RGA, Frenk, J, Ghosh, G, Goldie, SJ, Guo, Y, Gupta, S, Horton, R, Kruk, ME, Mahmoud, A, Mohohlo, LK, Ncube, M, Pablos-Mendez, A, Srinath Reddy, K, Saxenian, H, Soucat, A, Ulltveit-Moe, KH, and Yamey, G. "Salud global 2035: Un mundo convergiendo en el lapso de una generación." Salud Publica de Mexico 57, no. 5 (January 1, 2015): 441-443.
  - Norheim, OF, Jha, P, Admasu, K, Godal, T, Hum, RJ, Kruk, ME, Gómez-Dantés, O, Mathers, CD, Pan, H, Sepúlveda, J, Suraweera, W, Verguet, S, Woldemariam, AT, Yamey, G, Jamison, DT, and Peto, R. "Avoiding 40% of the premature deaths in each country, 2010-30: review of national mortality trends to help quantify the UN sustainable development goal for health." Lancet (London, England) 385, no. 9964 (January 2015): 239-252. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Campe, S, and Fewer, S. "Germany, the G7, and global health." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 350 (January 2015): h1210-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Fewer, S, and Beyeler, N. "Achieving a "Grand Convergence" in Global Health by 2035: Rwanda Shows the Way Comment on "Improving the World's Health Through the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Perspectives From Rwanda"." International journal of health policy and management 4, no. 11 (January 2015): 789-791. Full Text
  - Verguet, S, Norheim, OF, Olson, ZD, Yamey, G, and Jamison, DT. "Annual rates of decline in child, maternal, HIV, and tuberculosis mortality across 109 countries of low and middle income from 1990 to 2013: an assessment of the feasibility of post-2015 goals." The Lancet. Global health 2, no. 12 (December 2014): e698-e709. Full Text
  - Baker, P, Dworkin, SL, Tong, S, Banks, I, Shand, T, and Yamey, G. "The men's health gap: men must be included in the global health equity agenda." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 92, no. 8 (August 2014): 618-620. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Jamison, DT, and Summers, LH. "Authors' reply." The Lancet 383, no. 9921 (January 1, 2014): 950-951. (Letter)
  - Yamey, G, Shretta, R, and Binka, FN. "The 2030 sustainable development goal for health." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 348 (January 2014): g5295-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "The bias busters." The BMJ 349 (January 2014): g4748-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Commentary: False dichotomy hinders global health." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 349 (January 2014): g5458-. Full Text
  - Jamison, DT, Summers, LH, Alleyne, G, Arrow, KJ, Berkley, S, Binagwaho, A, Bustreo, F, Evans, D, Feachem, RGA, Frenk, J, Ghosh, G, Goldie, SJ, Guo, Y, Gupta, S, Horton, R, Kruk, ME, Mahmoud, A, Mohohlo, LK, Ncube, M, Pablos-Mendez, A, Reddy, KS, Saxenian, H, Soucat, A, Ulltveit-Moe, KH, and Yamey, G. "Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation." Lancet (London, England) 382, no. 9908 (December 3, 2013): 1898-1955. Full Text
  - Singhrao, R, Huchko, M, and Yamey, G. "Reproductive and maternal health in the post-2015 era: cervical cancer must be a priority." PLoS Medicine 10, no. 8 (August 13, 2013): e1001499-. Full Text
  - Rosinski, AA, Narine, S, and Yamey, G. "Developing a scorecard to assess global progress in scaling up diarrhea control tools: a qualitative study of academic leaders and implementers." PloS one 8, no. 7 (January 2013): e67320-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Schäferhoff, M, and Montagu, D. "Piloting the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria: what will success look like?." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 90, no. 6 (June 2012): 452-460. Full Text
  - Cohen, JM, Smith, DL, Cotter, C, Ward, A, Yamey, G, Sabot, OJ, and Moonen, B. "Malaria resurgence: a systematic review and assessment of its causes." Malaria journal 11 (January 2012): 122-. (Review) Full Text
  - Morin, SF, Yamey, G, and Rutherford, GW. "HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis." The BMJ 345 (January 2012): e5412-. Full Text
  - Sabot, O, Schroder, K, Yamey, G, and Montagu, D. "Scaling up oral rehydration salts and zinc for the treatment of diarrhoea." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 344 (January 2012): e940-. Full Text
  - Tan, M, and Yamey, G. "Global Health. Paying the poor." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 345 (January 2012): e4929-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Cohen, CR, and Bukusi, EA. "Meeting an unmet need for family planning." The BMJ 344 (January 2012): e4160-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "What are the barriers to scaling up health interventions in low and middle income countries? A qualitative study of academic leaders in implementation science." Globalization and health 8 (January 2012): 11-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Feachem, R. "Evidence-based policymaking in global health - the payoffs and pitfalls." Evidence-based medicine 16, no. 4 (August 2011): 97-99. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Scaling up global health interventions: a proposed framework for success." PLoS medicine 8, no. 6 (June 28, 2011): e1001049-. Full Text
  - Montagu, D, and Yamey, G. "Pay-for-performance and the Millennium Development Goals." Lancet (London, England) 377, no. 9775 (April 2011): 1383-1385. Full Text
  - Montagu, D, Yamey, G, Visconti, A, Harding, A, and Yoong, J. "Where do poor women in developing countries give birth? A multi-country analysis of demographic and health survey data." PloS one 6, no. 2 (February 28, 2011): e17155-. Full Text
  - Schäferhoff, M, Schrade, C, and Yamey, G. "Financing maternal and child health--what are the limitations in estimating donor flows and resource needs?." PLoS medicine 7, no. 7 (July 6, 2010): e1000305-. (Review) Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "UK announces cash boost for vaccines and free health care in poor countries." The BMJ 340 (March 15, 2010): c1482-. Full Text
  - "A New Policy on Tobacco Papers." PLoS Medicine 7, no. 2 (February 23, 2010): e1000237-e1000237. Full Text
  - Barbour, V, Clark, J, Jones, S, Peiperl, L, Veitch, E, and Yamey, G. "Science must be responsible to society, not to politics." PLoS medicine 7, no. 1 (January 26, 2010): e1000222-. Full Text
  - Feachem, R, Yamey, G, and Schrade, C. "A moment of truth for global health." The BMJ 340 (January 2010): c2869-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Medicine in developing countries. Do schools hold the key to controlling parasitic disease?." The BMJ 340 (January 2010): c1565-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Obama's giant step towards universal health insurance." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 340 (January 2010): c1674-. Full Text
  - "A New Year's Wish List for Authors, Reviewers, Readers—and Ourselves." PLoS Medicine 6, no. 12 (December 22, 2009): e1000203-e1000203. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "The Unsung Hero of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Interview with Narcis Kabatereine." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 3, no. 12 (December 22, 2009): e546-e546. Full Text
  - "Time for a “Third Wave” of Malaria Activism to Tackle the Drug Stock-out Crisis." PLoS Medicine 6, no. 11 (November 24, 2009): e1000188-e1000188. Full Text
  - "Making the “Right” Health Care Decisions: Why Values Matter." PLoS Medicine 6, no. 8 (August 25, 2009): e1000136-e1000136. Full Text
  - PLoS Medicine Editors, . "Ethics without borders." PLoS medicine 6, no. 7 (July 28, 2009): e1000119-. Full Text
  - PLoS Medicine Editors, . "Where the most private becomes public: policy making for sexual health." PLoS medicine 6, no. 5 (May 26, 2009): e1000082-. Full Text
  - PLoS Medicine Editors, . "A medical journal for the world's health priorities." PLoS Medicine 6, no. 4 (April 28, 2009): e1000072-. Full Text
  - Barbour, V, Clark, J, Peiperl, L, Veitch, E, and Yamey, G. "Media portrayals of suicide." PLoS medicine 6, no. 3 (March 2009): e51-. Full Text
  - "An Unbiased Scientific Record Should Be Everyone's Agenda." PLoS Medicine 6, no. 2 (February 24, 2009): e1000038-e1000038. Full Text
  - Hotez, PJ, and Yamey, G. "The Evolving Scope of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 3, no. 2 (February 24, 2009): e379-e379. Full Text
  - "Rape in War Is Common, Devastating, and Too Often Ignored." PLoS Medicine 6, no. 1 (January 27, 2009): e1000021-e1000021. Full Text
  - "Homelessness Is Not Just a Housing Problem." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 12 (December 23, 2008): e1000003-e1000003. Full Text
  - "Scaling Up International Food Aid: Food Delivery Alone Cannot Solve the Malnutrition Crisis." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 11 (November 25, 2008): e235-e235. Full Text
  - "Reform Should Make Health the First Item of Business." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 10 (October 14, 2008): e208-e208. Full Text
  - "Making Sense of Non-Financial Competing Interests." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 9 (September 30, 2008): e199-e199. Full Text
  - "A Crucial Role for Surgery in Reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 8 (August 26, 2008): e182-e182. Full Text
  - "Next Stop, Don't Block the Doors: Opening Up Access to Clinical Trials Results." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 7 (July 15, 2008): e160-e160. Full Text
  - PLoS Medicine Editors, , Barbour, V, Clark, J, Peiperl, L, Veitch, E, Wong, M, and Yamey, G. "False hopes, unwarranted fears: the trouble with medical news stories." PLoS medicine 5, no. 5 (May 2008): e118-. Full Text
  - "Better Reporting, Better Research: Guidelines and Guidance in PLoS Medicine." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 4 (April 29, 2008): e99-e99. Full Text
  - "The Neglected Diseases Section in PLoS Medicine: Moving Beyond Tropical Infections." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 2 (February 26, 2008): e59-e59. Full Text
  - Barbour, V, Chinnock, P, Peiperl, L, Veitch, E, and Yamey, G. "From theory to practice: translating research into health outcomes." PLoS medicine 5, no. 1 (January 2008): e15-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Excluding the poor from accessing biomedical literature: a rights violation that impedes global health." Health and human rights 10, no. 1 (January 2008): 21-42.
  - "How Can We Draw the Line between Clinical Care and Medical Research?." PLoS Medicine 4, no. 11 (November 27, 2007): e340-e340. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Hotez, P. "Erratum: Neglected tropical diseases (British Medical Journal (2007) 335, (269-270))." British Medical Journal 335, no. 7627 (November 10, 2007): 973-.
  - Yamey, G. "Research Ethics and Reporting Standards at PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 1, no. 1 (October 31, 2007): e69-e69. Full Text
  - Poma, SR, Soto, MV, Chahua, JDLC, and Poma, MR. "Which single intervention would do the most to improve the health of those living on less than $1 per day? Interview by Gavin Yamey." PLoS medicine 4, no. 10 (October 2007): 1557-1560. (Interview) Full Text
  - Brown, M. "Defining Human Differences in Biomedicine." PLoS Medicine 4, no. 9 (September 25, 2007): e288-e288. Full Text
  - "Qualitative Research: Understanding Patients' Needs and Experiences." PLoS Medicine 4, no. 8 (August 28, 2007): e258-e258. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Hotez, P. "Neglected tropical diseases." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 335, no. 7614 (August 2007): 269-270. Full Text
  - "Tobacco Substitutes: Harm Reduction or Smokescreen?." PLoS Medicine 4, no. 7 (July 31, 2007): e244-e244. Full Text
  - "The Changing Face of Occupational Medicine." PLoS Medicine 4, no. 6 (June 26, 2007): e221-e221. Full Text
  - Barbour, V, Chinnock, P, Cohen, B, and Yamey, G. "The impact of open access upon public health." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 84, no. 5 (May 17, 2006): 339-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Tobacco industry satire fails to ignite." BMJ 332, no. 7546 (April 15, 2006): 920-920. Full Text
  - Barbour, G, Chinnock, P, Cohen, B, and Yamey, G. "PLoS Medicine and the pharmaceutical industry." The Lancet 367, no. 9519 (April 2006): 1318-1318. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "My brush with the FBI." BMJ 331, no. 7517 (September 17, 2005): 642-642. Full Text
  - Barbour, V, Cohen, B, and Yamey, G. "Editors' Reply." PLoS Medicine 2, no. 7 (July 26, 2005): e225-e225. Full Text
  - "Meeting the Needs of Different Research Communities." PLoS Medicine 2, no. 5 (May 31, 2005): e158-e158. Full Text
  - Altman, DG. "Unjustified restrictions on letters to the editor." PLoS medicine 2, no. 5 (May 31, 2005): e126-e152. (Letter) Full Text
  - "Why PLoS Sponsored a Roundtable of Medical Whistleblowers." PLoS Medicine 2, no. 7 (May 27, 2005): e208-e208. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Gass, A. "Prevailing publishing system is irrevocably broken." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 330, no. 7501 (May 2005): 1211-. (Letter) Full Text
  - "Engaging Students in PLoS Medicine." PLoS Medicine 2, no. 4 (April 26, 2005): e118-e118. Full Text
  - "How Does PLoS Medicine Manage Competing Interests?." PLoS Medicine 2, no. 3 (March 29, 2005): e88-e88. Full Text
  - "Why Bigger Is Not Yet Better: The Problems with Huge Datasets." PLoS Medicine 2, no. 2 (February 22, 2005): e55-e55. Full Text
  - "A Strategy for Developing an HIV Vaccine." PLoS Medicine 2, no. 1 (January 18, 2005): e35-e35. Full Text
  - "A New Vision for Clinical Trials in Africa." PLoS Medicine 1, no. 3 (December 28, 2004): e71-e71. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Robin Levy: Confronting Our Bodies." BMJ 329, no. 7478 (December 4, 2004): 1351-1351. Full Text
  - "From Registration to Publication." PLoS Medicine 1, no. 2 (November 30, 2004): e46-e46. Full Text
  - "Prescription for a Healthy Journal." PLoS Medicine 1, no. 1 (October 19, 2004): e22-e22. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Menorrhagia." BMJ 328, no. 7449 (May 15, 2004): 1199-1199. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Health agencies end in-fighting on malaria." The BMJ 328, no. 7448 (May 2004): 1095-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "The professor of "telepreventive medicine"." The BMJ 328, no. 7449 (May 2004): 1158-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "WHO urges Africa to use more effective malaria medicines." The BMJ 328, no. 7447 (May 2004): 1033-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Roll Back Malaria: a failing global health campaign." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 328, no. 7448 (May 2004): 1086-1087. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Greenwood, R. "Religious views of the 'medical' rehabilitation model: a pilot qualitative study." Disability and rehabilitation 26, no. 8 (April 2004): 455-462. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Researchers accuse WHO and Global Fund of malpractice." BMJ 328, no. 7433 (January 24, 2004): 183-a-183. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Pox: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of Syphilis." BMJ 327, no. 7424 (November 15, 2003): 1173-a-1173. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Malaria researchers say global fund is buying "useless drug"." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 327, no. 7425 (November 2003): 1188-. Full Text
  - Chung, H, and Yamey, G. "Improving the mental health of Asian Americans: Depends on training primary care clinicians and educating the community." BMJ 327, no. 7418 (October 4, 2003): E161-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Africa's visionary editor." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 327, no. 7419 (October 2003): 832-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Gay tobacco ads come out of the closet." BMJ 327, no. 7409 (July 31, 2003): 296-296. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Abbasi, K. "New leader, new hope for WHO." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 326, no. 7399 (May 2003): 1100-1101. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Website of the week: Multidrug resistant tuberculosis." BMJ 326, no. 7389 (March 15, 2003): 606a-606. Full Text
  - Howard, K. "Magazine: Magazine's HIV claim rekindles "gay plague" row." BMJ 326, no. 7386 (February 22, 2003): 454-454. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "WHO in 2002: Interview with Gro Brundtland." BMJ 325, no. 7376 (December 7, 2002): 1355-1355. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "WHO in 2002: Faltering steps towards partnerships." British Medical Journal 325, no. 7374 (November 23, 2002): 1236-1240. (Review)
  - Yamey, G. "WHO in 2002: Have the latest reforms reversed WHO's decline?." British Medical Journal 325, no. 7372 (November 9, 2002): 1107-1112. (Review)
  - Yamey, G, and Abbasi, K. "Electing WHO's next leader." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 325, no. 7375 (November 2002): 1251-1252. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "WHO in 2002: Why does the world still need WHO?." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 325, no. 7375 (November 2002): 1294-1298. (Review) Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Education and Debate: WHO's management: struggling to transform a "fossilised bureaucracy"." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 325, no. 7373 (November 2002): 1170-1173. (Review) Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Torreele, E. "The world's most neglected diseases." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 325, no. 7357 (July 2002): 176-177. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Website of the week: Breast cancer and stress." BMJ 324, no. 7351 (June 15, 2002): 1462a-1462. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Website of the week: Assisted suicide." BMJ 324, no. 7341 (April 6, 2002): 856b-856. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Film: The curious adoption of John Q." BMJ 324, no. 7336 (March 2, 2002): 551-551. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Public sector must develop drugs for neglected diseases." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 324, no. 7339 (March 2002): 698-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Press: The PSA storm." BMJ 324, no. 7334 (February 16, 2002): 431-431. Full Text
  - Poussaint, AF. "Yes: it can be a delusional symptom of psychotic disorders." Western Journal of Medicine 176, no. 1 (January 2002): 4-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Rankin, WW. "AIDS and global justice." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 324, no. 7331 (January 2002): 181-182. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Shaw, P. "No: it is dangerous to ask psychiatrists to enforce social policy." Western Journal of Medicine 176, no. 1 (January 2002): 5-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Online resources on sexuality and cancer." Western Journal of Medicine 176, no. 1 (January 2002): 19-20. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Press: Do we need another anthrax test?." BMJ 323, no. 7322 (November 17, 2001): 1193-1193. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Website of the week: Sexuality and cancer." BMJ 323, no. 7317 (October 13, 2001): 874-874. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Sound surgeons." Western Journal of Medicine 175, no. 4 (October 2001): 229-230. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Landfill sites." BMJ 323, no. 7309 (August 18, 2001): 406-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Exhibition: Torture: European Instruments of Torture and Capital Punishment from the Middle Ages to the Present." BMJ 323, no. 7308 (August 11, 2001): 346-346. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Eli Lilly violates patients' privacy." BMJ 323, no. 7304 (July 14, 2001): 65-65. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Ads: A choice image." BMJ 322, no. 7300 (June 16, 2001): 1496-1496. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, Rankin, W, and Feachem, R. "Twenty years of AIDS, and no end in sight. A BMJ theme issue will refocus attention on this catastrophic epidemic." BMJ : British Medical Journal 322, no. 7300 (June 2001): 1440-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "You can always pop a pill." Western Journal of Medicine 174, no. 6 (June 2001): 382-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Stress." BMJ 322, no. 7295 (May 12, 2001): 1188-. Full Text
  - MacDonald, R, and Yamey, G. "The cost to global health of drug company profits." The Western journal of medicine 174, no. 5 (May 2001): 302-303. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Roach, J. "Witnessing unethical conduct: The effects." Western Journal of Medicine 174, no. 5 (May 1, 2001): 355-356. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Global campaign to eradicate malaria." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 322, no. 7296 (May 2001): 1191-1192. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Global vaccine initiative creates inequity, analysis concludes." BMJ 322, no. 7289 (March 31, 2001): 754-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Benzodiazepines." BMJ 322, no. 7288 (March 24, 2001): 742-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "US web site will publish list of "drug-free practitioners"." Western Journal of Medicine 174, no. 3 (March 2001): 163-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "US web site will publish list of "drug-free practitioners"." Western Journal of Medicine 174, no. 3 (March 1, 2001): 163-.
  - Yamey, G. "Art: Pictures of Health." BMJ 322, no. 7282 (February 10, 2001): 369-369. Full Text
  - Yamey, G, and Wilkes, M. "Promoting wellbeing among doctors: We should move away from a disease model and focus on positive functioning." British Medical Journal 322, no. 7281 (February 3, 2001): 252-253.
  - Yamey, G. "World Bank funds private hospital in India." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 322, no. 7281 (February 3, 2001): 257-. Full Text
  - Danovitch, I, Danovitch, I, Yamey, G, and Wilkes, M. "Genesis, the voice of students. Wjm's new student section will be vital reading for physicians." Western Journal of Medicine 174, no. 2 (February 2001): 86-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Blair unable to fulfil pledge on health spending, says analysis." The BMJ 322, no. 7284 (February 2001): 452-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "US trade action threatens Brazilian AIDS programme." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 322, no. 7283 (February 2001): 383-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "San Francisco's HIV infection rate doubles." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 322, no. 7281 (February 2001): 260-. Full Text
  - Attaran, A, Nabarro, D, Roberfroid, A, Pannenborg, O, and Yamey, G. "Global health agencies' response to malaria [8] (multiple letters)." British Medical Journal 322, no. 7279 (January 20, 2001): 174-. (Letter)
  - Attaran, A. "Global health agencies' response to malaria." BMJ 322, no. 7279 (January 20, 2001): 174-174. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Press: The milk of human kindness." BMJ 322, no. 7277 (January 6, 2001): 57-57. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Pop musicians boycott Nestlé promotion." The BMJ 322, no. 7280 (January 2001): 191-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Rocket science. wjm launches a fast-track system for publishing important papers." Western Journal of Medicine 173, no. 6 (December 2000): 369-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "HIV disinformation." Western Journal of Medicine 173, no. 5 (November 2000): 300-301. Full Text
  - Roach, J. "Film: Two minutes to change minds." BMJ 321, no. 7267 (October 21, 2000): 1028-1028. Full Text
  - King, J, and Yamey, G. "Why journals should not publish articles funded by the tobacco industry." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 321, no. 7268 (October 2000): 1074-1076. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Press: HIV misinformation." BMJ 321, no. 7263 (September 23, 2000): 772-772. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Global health agencies are accused of incompetence." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 321, no. 7264 (September 2000): 787-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Baby food industry lobbies WHO on breast feeding advice." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 321, no. 7261 (September 2000): 591-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Subjectivity can be inhumane." Western Journal of Medicine 173, no. 2 (August 2000): 143-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Donors reject screening panel for malaria projects." The BMJ 321, no. 7255 (July 2000): 194-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Can complementary medicine be evidence-based?." Western Journal of Medicine 173, no. 1 (July 2000): 4-5. (Review) Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Scientists unveil first draft of human genome." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 321, no. 7252 (July 2000): 7-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "African heads of state promise action against malaria." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7244 (May 2000): 1228-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Drug companies cut HIV drug prices in the developing world." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7246 (May 2000): 1357-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Health minister announces initiatives on men's health." The BMJ 320, no. 7240 (April 2000): 961-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Death, Hope and Sex." BMJ : British Medical Journal 320, no. 7242 (April 2000): 1152-. Full Text
  - Lucas, S, and Yamey, G. "The Fag Show." BMJ 320, no. 7235 (March 4, 2000): 654-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Pfizer to sponsor European impotence awareness campaign." The BMJ 320, no. 7235 (March 2000): 598-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "UN condemns Australian plans for "safe injecting rooms"." The BMJ 320, no. 7236 (March 2000): 667-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Government inquiry finds inadequate beds provision." The BMJ 320, no. 7233 (February 2000): 463-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "British tobacco company denies "orchestrating smuggling"." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7234 (February 2000): 531-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Albumin industry launches global promotion." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7234 (February 2000): 533-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Solicitor in litigation case condemns tobacco industry." The BMJ 320, no. 7232 (February 2000): 399-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "New advice issued on prevention of sudden infant death." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7231 (February 2000): 335-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Earlier inquiry found no evidence of criminal activity." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7231 (February 2000): 331-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Protecting whistleblowers." British Medical Journal 320, no. 7227 (January 8, 2000): 70-71.
  - Yamey, G. "Global alliance launches plan to eliminate lymphatic filariasis." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7230 (January 2000): 269-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Have a heart." BMJ : British Medical Journal 320, no. 7230 (January 2000): 322-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Drug companies seek MS patients to lobby for new products." The BMJ 320, no. 7229 (January 2000): 207-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Psychologists question "debriefing" for traumatised employees." The BMJ 320, no. 7228 (January 2000): 140-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Nestlé violates international marketing code, says audit." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 321, no. 7252 (January 1, 2000): 8-.
  - Yamey, G. "Drug company issues warning about flu drug." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7231 (January 1, 2000): 334-.
  - Yamey, G. "Inquiry discovers fraudulent skin treatments." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7227 (January 1, 2000): 76-.
  - Yamey, G. "Report finds persisting poverty and social exclusion." The BMJ 319, no. 7224 (December 1999): 1522-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Don't Be ashamed." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 319, no. 7224 (December 1999): 1584-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Survey finds that 1 in 10 children has a mental disorder." The BMJ 319, no. 7223 (December 1999): 1456-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "US changes trade policy on essential medicines." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 319, no. 7224 (December 1999): 1521-.
  - Yamey, G. "Study shows growing inequalities in health in Britain." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 319, no. 7223 (December 1999): 1453-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Only Human." BMJ : British Medical Journal 319, no. 7222 (November 1999): 1443-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Sexual and reproductive health: what about boys and men? Education and service provision are the keys to increasing involvement." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 319, no. 7221 (November 1999): 1315-1316. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Medicines control agency takes over GP research database." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 319, no. 7218 (October 1999): 1153-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Young less tolerant of mentally ill than the old." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 319, no. 7217 (October 1999): 1092-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Cell biologist wins Nobel prize." The BMJ 319, no. 7216 (October 1999): 1023-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Dobson backed NICE ruling on flu drug." The BMJ 319, no. 7216 (October 1999): 1024-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Mental health services are failing children and adolescents." The BMJ 319, no. 7214 (October 1999): 872-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "NICE to rule on influenza flu drug zanamivir." The BMJ 319, no. 7215 (October 1999): 937-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Report condemns NHS complaints procedure." The BMJ 319, no. 7213 (September 1999): 804-.
  - Yamey, G. "Complaints mechanism fails older patients." The BMJ 319, no. 7213 (September 1999): 804B-.
  - Yamey, G. "Struck off, but why?." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 319, no. 7212 (September 1999): 791-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Review clears Brompton surgeons." The BMJ 319, no. 7212 (September 1999): 729-. Full Text
  - Yamey, G. "Sexual health. Medical training must acknowledge sexuality." The BMJ 307, no. 6902 (August 1993): 500-. (Letter) Full Text
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