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Global health reporting supported by the Pulitzer Center focuses on systemic, interconnected health issues around the world. Topics covered by Pulitzer Center reporting include food security, health inequities, health science, mental health, outbreaks and epidemics, pollution, vaccines, and water and sanitation.
For this grant cycle, we are specifically seeking proposals for civic engagement projects centering reporting on mental well-being and projects that feature reporting from the Global South. Explore the stories below to find one that could connect to a civic engagement project for your audience(s). Then, review the open call announcement for the U.S. Civil Society Mico-Grants initiative to plan and submit an application for your project!
FOCUS TOPIC | global health reporting from the Global South
| Story | Publication Date | Region |
| “A Day in the Life: Crisis Hits Hospitals in Iraq” by Susan Schullman | October 21, 2024 | Iraq (Middle East) |
| Long COVID in Mexico: Neurological and Psychiatric Symptoms by Alice Pipitone and Quetzalli Blanco | June 25, 2023 | Mexico (North America) |
| “A Growing Trend: Opting Out of Childhood Vaccinations” by Andy Pierrotti | August 18, 2025 | Georgia (North America), American Samoa (Oceania) |
| “Pakistan Floods Spark Cholera Fears Amid Other Rising Health Risks” by Faras Ghani | September 23, 2025 | Pakistan (South Asia) |
| Indonesia Struggles To Control Mosquitoes: Busy Treating Malaria, Failing To Prevent It (bahasa Indonesia) by Eko Rusdianto | January 19, 2026 | Indonesia |
| Cancer Drugs Are Being Scrapped at Huge Scale After Quality Failures in Peru by Paul Eccles, Andela Milivojevic, Jason Martinez, Fabiola Torres, and Rocío Romero | February 12, 2026 | Peru |
| To Stop Africa From Hemorrhaging Local Talent, Scientist Creates Drug Discovery Lab (Audio) by Ari Daniel | March 12, 2026 | South Africa |
| A Better Solution for Sickle Cell Care in Africa Amid Aid Cuts? by Brian W. Simpson and Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson | April 7, 2026 | Uganda |
| Cyanide River by Ed Davey and Alon Aviram | January 30, 2026 | Liberia |
| Humans Killed Millions of Vultures. Now People Are Paying the Price. by Mark Johnson and Saumya Khandelwal | November 29, 2025 | India |
| Pakistan Floods Spark Cholera Fears Amid Other Rising Health Risks by Faras Ghani | September 23, 2025 | Pakistan |
| Two Caribbean Islands Seek Justice From France for Pesticide Poisoning by Mathilde Augustin | November 11, 2025 | Guadeloupe, Martinique |
| The Desert of Toxic Waste by Georgia Gee | April 7, 2026 | Kenya |
| Plastic Pollution Is Bad Enough. Burning It Can Be Even Worse. by Beth Gardiner | April 10, 2026 | Indonesia |