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Where names the place a health milestone actually happened or first took hold. Wikipedia notes that "inoculation for smallpox appears to have started in China around the 1500s," centuries before Jenner's vaccine reached Europe. This dimension shows which places have produced the turning points in 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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