SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed
Clarke J, Blom I, Campbell-Lendrum D, Kerry V. Review of Health Workforce as a Climate and Health Priority in Nationally Determined Contributions. Lancet Planetary Health,
Rice MB, Thurston GD, Flanigan SS, Kerry VB, Robinson RA, Yu W, Malmqvist E. Health and Economic Benefits of Energy, Urban Planning, and Food Interventions that Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Environmental Epidemiology, 2025 Jul; 9(4): e404. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000404.
Kerry Vand Basu P. Climate Action is Pandemic Resilience, BMJ. 2025;388: q2790
Kerry V, Baccarelli A, Ranney M. Addressing the unmet need: US leadership on climate and health. The Lancet. 2024 Dec; 404 (10469): 2229 - 2231
World Health Organization. COP29 special report on climate change and health: health is the argument for climate action. WHO. November, 2024.
Olum R, Ahaisibwe B, Atuhairwe I, Balizzakiwa T, Kizito PM, Apiyo M, Kalanzi J, Nabawanuka A, Bahatungire R, Kerry V. Readiness To Manage Ebola Virus Disease Among Emergency Healthcare Workers in Uganda: A Nationwide Multicenter Survey. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1271). Doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11741-2
Atuhairwe I, Kizito P, Ahaisibwe B, Kihumuro RB, Luggya T, Msukwa M, Ewing H, Ellis R, Kerry V. Building the Emergency Care Workforce in a Low Resource Setting; the Seed Global Health Experience in Uganda. Medical Research Archives, Jun 2024: 12(6). https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v12i6.5434
Kerry V,Sayeed S. Advancing the climate change and health nexus: The 2024 Agenda. PLOS Glob Public Health, 2024; 4(3): e0003008. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003008
Atuhairwe I. Nsubuga A, Agaba B, Nyondo A, Msiska T, Malirakwenda R, York K, Adelman S, Euller L, Forbush L, Ahaisibwe B, Kerry V, Ewing H. (2024) Operationalizing CQI Principles in Low and Middle Income Health Systems. Rep Glob Health Res. 2024: 7 (190). https://doi.org/10.29011/2690-9480.100190
Rolle M, Garba D A, Abdurrahman K, Bhebhe F, Mwenge F, Nahed B, Kerry VB. The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Economic Productivity in the Caribbean, Brain Spine. May 11 2023:3:101755. doi: 10.1016/j.bas.2023.101755.
Balizzakiwa T; Achanga P; Ahaisibwe B, MPH; Kerry V, Duhaga I, Semakula D, Sewankambo N, Masood, K. Ensuring Continuity of Health Professions Training Amid a Global Pandemic: Lessons From the Uganda Safe Schools Initiative. Academic Medicine. Apr 2024: 99(4). 395-401. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005570
Bourdeaux M, Sasdi A, Oza S, Kerry VB. Integrating the U.S. Public Health and Medical Care Systems to Improve Health Crisis Response. Health Affairs. 2023 Mar; 42(3):310-317 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01255
Sonnie M, Kella F, Stern A, Mannino C, Adelman S, Fuller L, Forbush L, Mann J, van de Water B, Falahee B, Sayeed S, Ewing H, and Kerry V. A Sierra Leone 2021 Midwifery Clinical Training Needs Assessment: A call to action to augment clinical precepting, Annals of Global Health, 2023 Feb; 13;89(1):10.doi: 10.5334/aogh.3970.
Chillo P, Mutagaywa R, Nkya D, Njelekela M, Kwesigabo G, Kahabuka F, Kerry V, Kamuhabwa A. Sub-clinical rheumatic heart disease (RHD) detected by hand-held echocardiogram in children participating in a school-based RHD prevention program in Tanzania. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 2023: 23; 1. doi 10.1186/s12872-023-03186-y
Bebell L, Ngonzi J, Meier FA, Carreaon CK, Birungi A, Kerry VB, Atwine R, Roberts DJ. Building Perinatal Pathology Research Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Front Med. Jul 8 2022; 9:958840 doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.958840
Eke A and Kerry VB. Ethical Challenges to Improving Access to HPV Vaccines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, New England Journal Medicine Evidence, 2022 May; 1(5): e2200069 doi: 10.1056/evide2200069.
Beddoe AM, Reis M, Benson A, Rehwaldt L, Mullbah J, Johnson J, Lieber M, Dottino A, Maund C, Campbell S, Kerry V, Solomon J, Lieb W, Brodman M, Gharoro E, Sayeed S, Nuthulaganti T, Johnson BC., Brown J, Marshall R, Dahn B. Community-Institutional Partnerships to Strengthen Maternal Health Care: Case Study of the First Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialty Training Program in Liberia. Frontiers in Public Health. ePub 2022 Feb 07; 9. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.779035
Yerramilli P, May FP, Kerry VB. Reducing Health Disparities Requires Financing People-Centered Primary Care. JAMA Health Forum. Published online February 1, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.1573
Rolle M, Deen G, Kerry V, Nahed B. Commentary: The Importance of Increased Funding Opportunities to Empower Global Neurosurgeons from Low - Middle Income Countries, Neurosurgery, 2021 Jul 31: PMID 34333647
Falahee B, Kerry V. Embracing Social Engagement in Academic Medicine: Ongoing Challenges and How to Move Forward, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2021; doi:10.1007/s11606-021-07096-7
Erfani P, Binagwaho A, Jollah MJ, Yunus M, Farmer P, Kerry V. An Intellectual Property Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines Will Advance Global Health Equity. BMJ, 2021;374:n1837
Schriger S, Binagwaho A, Keetile M, Kerry V, Mubiligi JM, Ramogola-Masire D, Roland M, Barg FK, Cancedda C. Hierarchy of qualities in global health partnerships: a path towards equity and sustainability. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Dec; 6(12):e007132. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007132.
Kerry V. Ahaisibwe B, Malewezi B, Ngoma D, Daoust P, Stuart-Shor E, Mannino CA, Day D, Foradori L, Sayeed S. Partnering to Build Human Resources for Health Capacity in Africa: A Descriptive Review of the Global Health Service Partnership’s Innovative Model for Health Professional Education and Training from 2013-2018. IJHPM. ePub 2020 Nov 29. Doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.228
Rolle ML, Zaki M, Parker T, Berger C, Knowlton H, Kerry V, Nahed B. Global Neurosurgery Education in United States Residency Programs. World Neurosurgery. Sept 2020; 141:e815-e819. PMID: 32540290.
Hutchinson E, Kerry V, Sayeed S. “What Does a Mutually Beneficial Global Health Partnership in Family Medicine Residency Look Like?” AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(9):E759-765. DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.759.
Stewart G, Gadama L A, Kerry V. “Puerperal Psychosis: A brief review and unusual case report.” Malawi Medical Journal. 31(161) 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v31i2.11.
Shokoohi H, Raymond A, Fleming K, Scott J, Kerry V, Haile-Mariam T, Sayeed S, Boniface KS. “Assessment of Point-of-Care Ultrasounds Training for Clinical Educators in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda” Ultrasounds Med Biol. 2019 Jun;45(6):1351-1357. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2019.01.019. Epub 2019 Mar 21.
Gupta V, Tsai A, Mason Sharma A, Goosby E, Jha A, Kerry V. Have geopolitics influenced decisions on American health foreign assistance efforts during the Obama presidency? J of Global Health. 2018; 8(1) doi: 10.7189/jogh.08.010417
Gupta V, Mason-Sharma Alexandre, Lyon Zoe, Orav Endel John, Jha Ashish K, Kerry, Vanessa B. “Has development assistance for health facilitated the rise of more peaceful societies in sub-Saharan Africa?” Global Public Health, 13:12, 1796-1806. 2018. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2018.1449232
Cancedda C, Binagwaho A, Kerry V. “ It is Time for Academic Institutions to Align their Strategies and Priorities with the Sustainable Development Goals.” BMJ Global Health. 2018; 3: e001067.
Stuart-Shor E, Cunningham L, Foradori L, Hutchinson E, Makwero M, Smith J, Kasozi J, Johnston E, Khaki A, Vandervort E, Moshi F, Kerry V. The Global Health Service Partnership: An Academic-Clinical Partnership to Build Nursing and Medical Capacity in Africa. Frontiers in Public Health. July 2017. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00174
Gupta V, Mason-Sharma A, Caty S, Kerry V. Adapting Global Health Aid in the Face of Climate Change, Lancet Global Health. 2017. 5: e133–e134. Available online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17300025
Gupta V, Kerry V. “Globally inclusive investments in health: benefits at home and abroad” BMJ, Epub 28 Feb 2017. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j1004
Ttendo S, Was A, Preston M, Munyarugero E, Kerry VB, Firth P. Retrospective Descriptive Study of an Intensive Care Unit at a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital. World Journal of Surgery. Epub August 9 2016. DOI 10.1007/s00268-016-3644-5.
Gupta V, Kerry V, Goosby E, Yates R. Politics and Universal Health Coverage — The Post-2015 Global Health Agenda. New England Journal of Medicine. 2015. 373:1189-92
Kerry V, Cunningham L, Daoust P, Sayeed S. Addressing Medical and Nursing Clinical Education Gaps in East Africa: The First Year Experience of the Global Health Service Partnership. World Population and Health. 2015. 16(1): 24-35.
Cancedda C, Farmer P, Kerry V, Nuthulaganti T, Scott K, Goosby R, Binagwaho A. Maximizing the Impact of Training Initiatives for Health Professionals in Low-Income Countries: Frameworks, Challenges, and Best Practices. PlosMed. 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001840
Chillo P, Humphrey S, Meda J, Kerry VB, Cardiac Critical Care in Resource Limited Environments: Lessons from Tanzania, Global Heart. 2014. 9: 311-8
Kerry VB, Sayeed S. Critical Care in Resource Limited Settings: Leveraging Opportunities for Improved Health, Global Heart. 2014. 9: 275–9
Mullan, M. and Kerry VB, A Global Health Service Partnership: Teaching for the World, Academic Medicine. May 2014. PMID: 24826860
Kerry VB. Ndung’u T. Walensky RP. Lee P. Kayanja F. Bangsberg D. Managing the Demand for Global Health Education, PLoS Medicine. 2011. 8(11): e1001118. DOI. 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001118
5. Kerry VB and Mullan F, Global Health Service Partnership: Building health professional leadership as a roadmap to sustainable health systems, The Lancet. 2014. 383: 1688-91. Available online: DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61683-9
Binagwaho A, Farmer PE, Nsanzimana, Karema C, Gasana M, Ngirabega J, Ngabo F, Wagner CM, Nutt CT, Nyatanyi T, Gatera M, Kayiteshonga Y, Mugeni C, Mugwaneza P, Shema J, Uwaliraye P, Gaju E, Muhimpundu M, Dushime T, Senyana F, Mazarati J, Muzayire Gaju C, Tuyisenge L, Mutabazi V, Rusanganwa V, Nyemazi P, Umutoni A, Kankindo I, Ntizimira C, Ruton H, Mugume, Nkunda D, Ndenga E, Mubiligi J, Kakoma JB, Karita E, Sekabaraga C, Rusingiza E, Rich M, Mukherjee JS, Rhatigan J, Cancedda C, Bertrand-Farmer D, Bukhman G, Stulac SN, Tapela NM, van der Hoof Holstein C, Shulman LN, Bonds M, Wilkes MS, Lu C, Smith-Fawzi M, Swain JD, Murphy MP, Ricks A, Kerry VB, Bush B, Sigler R, Stern CS, Sliney A, Nuthulaganti T, Karangwa I, Pegurri E, Dahl O, Drobac PC. Rwanda twenty years on: investing in life, Lancet Apr 2014. Available online: DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60574-2
Tsai AC, Fricchione GL, Walensky RP, Ng C, Bangsberg DR, Kerry VB. Global Health Training in US Graduate Psychiatric Education, Academic Psychiatry. Epub March 25 2014. PMID: 24664609
Hung KJ, Tsai AC, Johnson TR, Walensky RP, Bangsberg DR, Kerry VB. Worldwide distribution of global health training in US obstetrics and gynecology residency programs, Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2013. 122(5):1101-9. DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182a9c1c8
Kerry V, Walensky RP, Tsai AC, Bergmark R, Bergmark B, Rouse C, Bangsberg DR. US Medical Specialty Global Health Training and the Global Burden of Disease, Journal of Global Health. 2013. 3(2): 120-8
Bajunirwe F, Twsigye L, Zhang M, Kerry VBK, Bangsberg DR, Influence of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPfAR) on career choices and emigration of health-profession graduates from a Ugandan medical school: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2013. 3(5)
Binagwaho A. Fuller A. Kerry V. Dougherty S. Agbonyitor M. Wagner C. Nzayizera R. Farmer P. Adolescents and the Right to Health: Eliminating Age-Related Barriers to HIV/AIDS Services in Rwanda, AIDS Care. 2012. 24(7):936-42
Almazor CP, Bahnsen E, Barry, D, Bazile J, Bloom B, Bose, N, Brewer T, Calderwood S, Clemens J, Craviato A, Eustache E, Farmer P, Jérôme G, Gupta N, Harris J, Hiatt H, Holstein C, Hotez P, Ivers L, Kerry VB, Koenig S, LaRocque R, Leandre F, Lambert W, Lyon E, Mekalanos J, Mukherjee J, Oswald C, Pape JW, Prosper AG, Rabinovich R, Ramonville M, Réjouit JR, Rosenberg ML, Ryan ET, Sachs JD, Sack DA, Surena C, Suri AA, Ternier R, Waldor M, Walton D, Weigel JL. Meeting Cholera’s Challenge to Haiti and the World: A joint statement on Cholera Prevention and Care. PLoSNegl Trop Dis. 2011, Available online: e1145. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001145
Binagwaho A. Fuller A. Dougherty S. Agbonyitor M. Kerry V. Wagner C. Ingabire N. Farmer P. A Question of Maturity: The Participation, Decision-making and Rights of Children in the Context of HIV/AIDS, Vulnerable Youth and Children Studies, 2011. 6(4):293-300
Kerry V. Auld S. Farmer P. An International Service Corps for Health: A New Prescription for Diplomacy. New England Journal of Medicine. 2010. 363: 1199-1201
Kerry VB, Lee K. TRIPS, the Doha declaration and paragraph 6 decision: what are the remaining steps for protecting access to medicines? Global Health. 2007. 3(3). Available online: DOI:10.1186/1744-8603-3-3
Non Peer Reviewed
Kerry V. “World needs to act on mpox — and prepare for the next public health crisis,” The Boston Globe. 26 August, 2024
Kerry V. Birkland B. “Zambia's Cholera Outbreak Rings Warning Bells on Climate Change,” Think Global Health. March 11, 2024.
Kerry V. “Big Pledges Won’t Solve Our Climate and Health Crisis If Those Who Need the Money Can’t Access It,” Inside Philanthropy, January 11, 2024.
Ghebreyesus T, Al Jaber S, Kerry V. “Climate Change Among Biggest Health Threats,” China Daily, 27 November, 2023
Ghebreyesus T. Al Jaber S. Kerry V. “Si nous n’agissons pas, les changements climatiques conduiront bientôt à la submersion des systèmes de santé du monde entire.” Le Monde, 12 November 2023
Ghebreyesus T. Al Jaber S. Kerry V. “Debemos combatir una de las mayores amenazas para la salud mundial: el cambio climático,” El Pais, 3 November 2023.
Ghebreyesus T. Al Jaber S. Kerry V. “Why Climate Change is a Threat to Global Health,” Al Majalla, 3 November, 2023
Ghebreyesus T. Al Jaber S. Kerry V. “Climate change is one of our biggest health threats – humanity faces a staggering toll unless we act.” The Telegraph, 26 October, 2023
Kerry V “A Partnership to Survive” in the Global Nation and Global Solidarity Report, Global Nation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, September 2023.
Kerry V. “The wildfires in Hawaii are another wake-up call that the climate crisis imperils our health, Chicago Tribune (reprinted in multiple national affiliates), 16 August, 2023 Available online
Kerry V, “A Turning Point on Climate Change and Health,” Think Global Health, 26 May 2023. Available online
Kerry V and Bias T, “The Global North can’t solve its health care worker shortage by recruiting from the Global South,” STAT News, 3 May 2023. Available online
Kerry V. “Leaders at Davos need to pay attention to the crossroads of climate change, health, and security,” STAT News. 18 January, 2023. Available online
Atuhairwe I, Kerry V, “Don’t Repeat COVID Mistakes as Uganda Ebola Outbreak Spreads,” Devex, 19 October 2022. Available online
Aceng J, Kerry V and Kyobe HB, “Uganda urgently needs help to stop the Ebola outbreak in its tracks,” Fortune 30 Sept 2022. Available online
Kerry V, Smeeth L, Narasimhan L. “When we talk about the climate, we need to talk about health” 15 November 2021. The Times, Available online
Yerramilli P, Kerry V. “The twin crises of climate change and pandemics require a global investment in health care workers” 5 November 2021. The Boston Globe, Available Online
Yerramilli P, Kerry V. “Health care workers: catalysts for improvement, not costs to the system” 14 October 2021. STAT News, Available Online
Kerry V. “As We Get Even Closer to Covid-19 Vaccines for Young Kids, We Cannot Forget the Rest of the World.” 1 October, 2021. Forbes, Available Online
Kerry, V. “We’re a World Away from Universal Healthcare – For Now.” 23 September, 2021. The Hill, Available Online
Kerry V. “Covid-19 has Ravaged the Global Healthcare Workforce. We Need to Invest in Their Future.” 9 August, 2021. Forbes, Available Online
Erfani, P. Gostin L. Kerry V. “Beyond a Symbolic Gesture: What’s is Needed to Turn the IP Waiver into COVID Vaccines.” 19 May 2021. STAT News, Available Online
Erfani P, Kerry V. “For a faster end to COVID, waive intellectual property rights for its vaccines.” 19 March 2021. The Hill, Available Online
Kerry V. “Covid triggered another crisis: rebuilding our fragile health system.” 16 March. 2021 CNN.com, Available online
Kerry V. “The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Case for Healthcare as a Fundamental Freedom.” 6 January 2021. Forbes, Available online
Kerry V. “The Reconciliation is Just Beginning.” 9 Nov. 2020 CNN.com, Available online
Yerramilli P, May F, Kerry V. ”The Moral Complexities of COVID-19 Recovery,” 28 Oct, 2020 Forbes. Available online
Jalloh, MJ, Kerry, V. “How African Nations Can Respond to the Challenges of both Covid-19 and Future Pandemics” 15 June, 2020, Forbes. Available online
Kerry, V. “I treat COVID patients and work with WHO. Trump is risking our health by cutting ties” 5 June, 2020, USA Today. Available online
Kerry, V. “Coronavirus exposes dangerous gaps in US health care” 21 May, 2020, Boston Globe. Available online
LaRocque R, Bourdeaux M, Kerry V, Levison J, Sabeti P, Sasdi A. “Massachusetts General Hospital team calls on state in coronavirus battle” 1 April, 2020, Boston Herald. Available online
Kerry, V. “Investing in Health Professional Education” 6 March, 2020, Commonwealth Health Report. Available online
Kerry, V. “Our flawed health system isn't up to the challenge of the coronavirus” 2 March, 2020, CNN. Available online
Kayyem J, Bourdeaux M, Kerry V, Sasdi S. “The collateral damage of the coronavirus” 19 February, 2020, Boston Globe. Available online
Kerry V, Kerry J. “America must recognize and fight the real emergency of Ebola before it’s too late” 26 February 2019, USA Today. Available online
Gupta V, Kerry V. Foreign Aid Makes America Safer, Foreign Policy, 11 April 2018, Available online
Bourdeaux M, Kerry V. Sands P. Why Health Systems Matter in Tackling the Challenges of Fragile States, Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development, David Cameron, October 2017
Kerry, V. Making it possible for refugee health workers to answer their calling, Devex, 14 April 2017, Available online
Kerry, V. “Global Health is an investment we can’t afford to pass up,” STAT News, February 22, 2017, Available online
Air M, Carroll R, Hoffman A, Henry, L. Horn I, Katz I, Kerry V, Mohs K, Olson K, Stone G, Young M, Young S. “Giving Back, Working with Underserved Communities,” NEJM CareerCenter Conversations, NEJM. June 2-13, 2015. Available online
Kerry V. “The Power of Education,” Population Services International (PSI) Impact Magazine. September 19, 2014. Available online
Kerry, V. “Hope Through Healing Hands: New Class of Global Health Service Partnership Volunteers Start,” Hope Through Healing Hands, July 09, 2014. Available online
Kerry V. “Investing in Health Workers Today Means More Lives Tomorrow,” Vital, IntraHealth International, December 13, 2013. Available Online
The Libya Case Report: case report from Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Health System Strengthening in Crisis-Affected Fragile States, joint report from Harvard Medical School and North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Joint Analysis Lessons Learned Centre, December 2013. Boston, USA and Lisbon Portugal. Available online
The Afghanistan Case Report: case report from Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Health System Strengthening in Crisis-Affected Fragile States, joint report from Harvard Medical School and North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Joint Analysis Lessons Learned Centre, December 2013. Boston, USA and Lisbon Portugal. Available online
The Kosovo Case Report: case report from Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Health System Strengthening in Crisis-Affected Fragile States, joint report from Harvard Medical School and North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Joint Analysis Lessons Learned Centre, December 2013. Boston, USA and Lisbon Portugal. Available online
Kerry V. “Global Health Service Corps: A Model for Global Health,” Medscape, November 7, 2012. Available online
Kerry V. The Haiti Case Report,” case report from Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Health System Strengthening in Crisis-Affected Fragile States, joint report from Harvard Medical School and North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Joint Analysis Lessons Learned Centre, June 2012, Boston, USA and Lisbon Portugal. Available online
Kerry V. and Mullan F “Viewpoint Global Health Service Partnership: Investing in Medical Education for Health Equity, AAMC Reporter, Washington D.C. May 2012. Available online
Kerry V. Bangsberg D. “Investments in Global Health Today Reduce Our Foreign Aid Obligations Tomorrow” eJournal, Department of State, Washington D.C. December, 2011. Available online:
Wellfens V, Kerry V, “Olympic Sports and immunization Festival,” The Vaccine Fund and Ministry of Health of Ghana, November, 2002