The first line of Hail Mary , originally in Greek, is a verse from the Gospel according to St Luke 1:28 when the archangel Gabriel announced to Mary that she was to carry the child Jesus. Hail, favoured one! The Lord is with you." The second line is from Luke 1:42 when Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth said to Mary ~ Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Photo by Eustache Le Sueur - Original uploader was Lamré at sv.wikipedia , Public Domain, Link The devotion may have started in 1100s. Christian faithfuls used it as a form of greeting ~ Hail, full of grace. The Lord is with Thee . The tradition of reciting the first two lines with the name Mary added after the word Hail started in the middle of the 13th century in Europe. The petition part of the prayer Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of death. Amen.  first appeared in print in 1495. The prayer was written in Latin with the...

According to the World Health Organisation, immunisation saves 2 to 3 million lives every year. Between 2010 and 2015, WHO estimated that vaccines saved at least 10 million deaths. The most successful vaccine benefit would be the eradication of polio. As of 2017, Afghanistan reported only 3 cases of poliovirus. Pakistan reported 2 cases. Nigeria so far had not detected a case. In 2014, India was free of poliovirus.

Elected and assumed position on 30 June 2016, Rodrigo Roa Duterte is the 16th president of the Philippines. On the other hand, he is however, the sixth president of the Fifth Republic of the Philippines. The Fifth Republic commenced on 2 February 1987. From 1988 to 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte was the Mayor of Davao City. He has been in public office since 1986. He was born in Maasin Southern Leyte on 28 March 1945. A law graduate of San Beda College, he passed the bar examination in 1973. Prior to taking up law, he studied political science at the Lyceum of the Philippines University. Who are the Presidents of the Fifth Republic 6th 2016 - Present Rodrigo Roa Duterte 5th 2010 - 2016 Benigno S Aquino III 4th 2001 - 2010 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 3rd 1998 - 20 January 2001 Joseph Ejercito Estrada 2nd 1992 - 1998 Fidel V Ramos 1st 2 Februay 1987 - 30 June 1992 Corazon C Aquino

Then President Corazon Aquino appointed Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Undersecretary of Trade and Industry. What was Gloria Macapagal's career before she became the 14th President of the Philippines? She was a teacher. Who received the highest votes in the history of Philippine election? Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was re-elected as senator in 1995 with nearly 16 million votes -- the highest so far in the history of Philippine election. She also holds the record of having received the highest votes in the history of vice-presidential elections, having received almost 13 million votes. She authored 55 laws on economic and social reform.

World Health Day is 7 April. This year 2017, World Health Day focuses on depression. Depression tops the list of causes of ill health and disability. Last year, World Health Day focused on diabetes. The video that follows is WHO's campaign on how you can help your family and friends beat depression. The campaign is entitled "Let's Talk."

By Therese C - Flickr : DSCN5513 , CC BY 2.0 , Link On 13 May 1917, three shepherd children, namely Lucia (10 years old), Francisco (8), and Jacinta (6), saw a Lady in all white and brilliant than the sun, who introduced herself as the Angel of Peace. The Lady was wearing a white mantle edged with gold, and holding a rosary. She asked the children to pray the rosary everyday and devote themselves to the Holy Trinity. The devotion to the Lady spread as devotion to Our Lady of Fatima - a name added to the hundreds of appellations attributed to Mary, Mother of Jesus. When did the Catholic Church recognised the apparition as "worthy of belief?" In 1930, the Catholic Church recognised the apparitions and miracles at Fatima as "worthy of belief." This year, 2017, the Catholic Church celebrates the 100 years of devotion to Our Lady of Fatima. The feast day of Our Lady of Fatima is every 13th of May. Fátima is a parish in Portugal.

The Department of Health holds regularly events every month. The following are the monthly health events and awareness campaigns that DOH has organised and continue to sponsor and support. January Liver Cancer Awareness and Prevention Month Viral Hepatitis Awareness and Prevention Month ZERO Waste Month Deworming of School Children, Kinder to Grade 6) Deworming of Pre-school Children and Adults 3rd Week National Cancer Consciousness Week Autism Consciousness Week 4th Week Goiter Awareness Week January 25 World Leprosy Day February Philippine Heart Month Oral Health Month National Health Insurance Program Month National Down Syndrome Consciousness Month 1st Week National Health Research Forum for Action National Mental Retardation Week 2nd Week National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation 4th Week Leprosy Control Week National Rare Disease Week March Rabies Awareness Month International Women's Month March ...