Evolving health norms amid overlapping crises: (re)constructing global health security and universal health coverage

For the Global Health at LSE blog this week, doctoral candidate Arush Lal, Dr Clare Wenham and Dr Justin Parkhurst (all LSE Health Policy) provide an overview of their recent paper in International Affairs, ‘(Re)constructing global health security & universal health coverage: norm contestation & interaction’. They begin by asking: As pandemics, climate disasters, economic instability, and geopolitical conflicts converge, how do we build health systems that are both crisis-ready and universally-accessible? Are we prepared to balance national security concerns with the fundamental right to health in a world where multilateralism is eroding and nationalism is rising?