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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar, Vice President of the Supreme Council of Health,
officially launches the National Health Strategy 2011-2016, which establishes the first-time
goals of a comprehensive healthcare system for all.
The government of Australia launches its first national TV health campaign, with a goal of
decreasing the rate of smoking especially among indigenous Aborigines, who currently
die in alarming numbers due to smoking-related diseases.
On the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- Moon calls
for greater public awareness of the condition, as well as support for parents and improved
opportunities for autistic individuals, to foster a more caring and inclusive society.
According to new research, science historian James Evans of the University of Puget Sound
in Washington, USA, states that a complex ancient Greek device called the Antikythera
mechanism, discovered at the beginning of the 18th century, was also used to track the
movement of the Sun.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first-ever successful space flight by Russian
astronaut Yuri Gagarin, two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut lift off in a Soyuz
rocket from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, headed for the International Space
Station.
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil announces that during the first 45 days of a new program
that provides free medicines to those with diabetes and hypertension, some 3.5 million
people have benefited.
A memorial service is being held to honor the memory of specially trained working police
dog Kane of Washington, USA, whose knife wounds sustained as he was halting car thieves in
the line of duty sadly cost him his.
With the incidence of childhood obesity in Italy on the rise, schools across the country
are implementing programs with more sports activities and lunch menus with fresh produce
to promote better health.�