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Marc Lalonde

Public Health Leadership

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
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In Branch

Source World Health Organization Official Site

Milestones Credited

Source World Health Organization Official Site
In the Other Atlases
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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