title: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): a global policy paradox.
abstract: Health status is connected with factors such as the environment, trade, economic growth and national security. Due to these close associations, health has emerged as a mediating factor inherent to a nation's prospect for human development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Michel D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Landry
authors.forename: Sudha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raman
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006304:Health Status; D040361:Healthy People Programs; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014480:United Nations