Era milestone year places a health achievement in the year it actually happened. Wikipedia notes that "the World Health Organization certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980," a single year that closed a campaign fought for decades. Browsing by year sets a milestone in the wider timeline of health history.
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1. Wikipedia: Health promotion
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This first publication of health promotion is from the 1974 Lalonde report from the Government of Canada, which contained a health promotion strategy "aimed at informing, influencing and assisting both individuals and organizations so that they will accept more responsibility and be more active in matters affecting mental and physical health".
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