Jean von Agris

Biographic Data

ID7687802
NAMEJean von Agris
GIVEN NAMESJean
FAMILY NAMEvon Agris
SIGNATUREVON AGRIS J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Leeds
ORCID0009-0005-9478-5316
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • WHO’s pandemic response recommendations after Covid-19

    Open AccessJean von Agris, David Bell et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Objectives: This article examines how the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations and guidelines on public health and social measures (PHSM) have changed since COVID-19. Doing so allows insights on what lessons WHO has learned from the COVID-19 response. Methods: The article analyses six recent WHO publications detailing recommendations on PHSM and compares them against three pre-COVID-19 WHO documents. The analysis also assesses the ev…

  • It is time to increase Africa’s governmental representation on the governing board of the global fund to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria

    Open AccessReginald Maudlin Nalugala, Reginald Nalugala et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BOX There is increasing attention in global health governance to increase African representation within decision-making bodies

  • The devil’s in the detail

    Open AccessBlagovesta Tacheva, George W Brown et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2025

    This is the first published study examining whether, and to what degree, innovative financing could effectively support the financing needs of the global pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) agenda. Background: What is already known? In the context of global health, innovative financing encompasses a range of financial instruments that supplement international development assistance and other traditional sources of financing, wit…

  • Should Eminence Outweigh Evidence? The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board's Report on Pandemic Preparedness

    Open AccessDavid Bell, George W Brown et al.ARTICLEGlobal Policy2025

    The Global Pandemic Monitoring Board (GPMB) is a group of eminent individuals publishing reports calling for increased emphasis on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPPR). They advocate for the World Health Organization's (WHO) PPPR preferred approach and its attendant financial requests. Though claiming independence, GPMB is co‐convened by WHO and the World Bank. The GPMB report of January 2025 displays a selective approach in whi…

  • Urgent pandemic messaging of WHO , World Bank, and G20 is inconsistent with their evidence base

    Open AccessDavid Bell, George W Brown et al.ARTICLEGlobal Policy2024

    When international agencies make claims of an “existential threat” to humanity and advocate for urgent action from countries, it should be a safe assumption that they are consistent with their own data. However, a review of the data and evidentiary citations underlying the claims of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, and the Group of Twenty (G20) reveals a troubling picture in which the stated urgency and burden of infectious di…

  • Royal Society report

    Open AccessElisabeth Paul, George W Brown et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2024

    A recent report by the Royal Society examined the literature on the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) aimed at reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It emphatically concluded that they were 'effective', which we argue may be misleading to policymakers. This paper performs a critical analysis of the Royal Society report and explains what a proper evaluation of NPIs would mean, arguing that the…