TY - JOUR T1 - Global health security and universal health coverage: from a marriage of convenience to a strategic, effective partnership JF - BMJ Global Health DO - 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001145 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - e001145 AU - Clare Wenham AU - Rebecca Katz AU - Charles Birungi AU - Lisa Boden AU - Mark Eccleston-Turner AU - Lawrence Gostin AU - Renzo Guinto AU - Mark Hellowell AU - Kristine Husøy Onarheim AU - Joshua Hutton AU - Anuj Kapilashrami AU - Emily Mendenhall AU - Alexandra Phelan AU - Marlee Tichenor AU - Devi Sridhar Y1 - 2019/01/01 UR - http://gh.bmj.com/content/4/1/e001145.abstract N2 - Global health security and universal health coverage have been frequently considered as “two sides of the same coin”. Yet, greater analysis is required as to whether and where these two ideals converge, and what important differences exist. A consequence of ignoring their individual characteristics is to distort global and local health priorities in an effort to streamline policymaking and funding activities. This paper examines the areas of convergence and divergence between global health security and universal health coverage, both conceptually and empirically. We consider analytical concepts of risk and human rights as fundamental to both goals, but also identify differences in priorities between the two ideals. We support the argument that the process of health system strengthening provides the most promising mechanism of benefiting both goals. ER -