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Marc Lalonde

Health Policy Leader

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Health and Wellness Atlas. "Marc Lalonde." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://health.interactiveatlas.org/figures/marc-lalonde.

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Health and Wellness Atlas. (n.d.). Marc Lalonde. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://health.interactiveatlas.org/figures/marc-lalonde

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@misc{healthandwellnessatlas-marc-lalonde,
  author = {Health and Wellness Atlas},
  title = {Marc Lalonde},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://health.interactiveatlas.org/figures/marc-lalonde},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A Canadian politician who as federal Minister of National Health and Welfare issued the 1974 report A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians, widely credited as the first major government document to argue formally that lifestyle and environment, not only medical care, determine population health, a framing that shaped health promotion policy internationally.

Facts

Birth Year

1929 1

Nationality

Canadian 1

Notable For

The 1974 Lalonde Report, an early government health promotion framework 2

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Branch

Health Systems and Policy

Source World Health Organization Official Site

Milestones Credited

Lalonde Report

Source World Health Organization Official Site

Sources

1. Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source

2. World Health Organization Official Site

World Health OrganizationView the Source

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