Public Health
Public health focuses on the systematic prevention of disease and prolonging of life by governments, NGO’s and other groups. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Public Health” feature reporting on communicable and non-communicable diseases, the development of medical systems and infrastructure to provide public access to health care services. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on public health.
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Caring for Mental Health in India, the Sunni-Shi'a Divide, Peace in Afghanistan
This week: the mental health system in India, how religion fuels conflict in the middle east, and...
February 7, 2017 -
High levels of poverty and malnutrition in the UK are triggering a re-emergence of related...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Pulitzer Center Visits West Coast
Pulitzer Center journalists Misha Friedman, Jon Cohen and Amy Maxmen spoke to 425 people about their...
February 6, 2017 -
Mental illnesses take a huge toll on people in low and middle income countries, yet they're...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Amy Maxmen in South Africa
In July 2016, Amy Maxmen traveled to Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa, where girls under age 20 are...
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Lesson Plans
World Religions, Science, and Beliefs
This unit asks middle school students to explore the varying roles beliefs play in people's lives through the lenses of world religions, science, and social relationships.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Ebola Documentary Nominated for Germany's Grimme Award
We Want You to Live - Liberia’s Fight Against Ebola is a documentary by Pulitzer Center grantee Carl...
January 26, 2017