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June 07, 2016 | Scientific American
Africa Starts Its Own Disease Control Agency
Africa begins a new operation to control outbreaks like Ebola, but experts worry it is understaffed and underfunded.
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Outbreaks and Epidemics
June 05, 2016 | BuzzFeed
Zimbabwe: It Takes a Village
The AIDS epidemic can be ended with current drugs—in theory. Now, a rural village in impoverished Zimbabwe has figured out how to help end it in real life in a simple, low-tech way.
May 16, 2016 | The Guardian
Huntington’s Disease: The New Gene Therapy That Sufferers Cannot Afford
Efforts to treat Huntington’s disease involve costly drugs way beyond the reach of the poor communities in South America who take part in research studies
May 09, 2016 | Pulitzer Center
TransCuba Network: The Activist Network for Trans Rights
Cuban politics, law and culture are changing for the LGBT community. TransCuba, an activist network for trans-people, is bringing attention to tolerance and broadening the conversation.
April 24, 2016 | Science Magazine
The Way to Fight Malaria? Convince Healthy People to Take Powerful Drugs
A controversial strategy known as mass drug administration could be key to wiping out the disease in the Mekong region.
April 24, 2016 | Science Magazine
Student Activist Returns Home to Fight Malaria
A Myanmar exile who fled the country during the 1988 uprising is back to help her country eliminate malaria.
April 23, 2016 | Science Magazine
Skirmishing Over the Scope of the Threat
As malaria experts chart their battle plans, they are looking to the past for clues.
April 22, 2016 | Science Magazine
Rubber Workers on the Front Lines
A new effort to reach migrant workers could make or break plans for malaria elimination.
April 21, 2016 | Science Magazine
Drug Resistance Triggers War to Wipe Out Malaria in the Mekong Region
A remote province of Cambodia is the epicenter of possibly the greatest threat to malaria control as the deadliest malaria parasite becomes resistant to drugs.
March 30, 2016 | CNN
Reflections of Canada's 'Cultural Genocide'
CNN profiles Daniella Zalcman's multiple exposure portraits of indigenous survivors of Canada's residential school system.
March 30, 2016 | The Atlantic
Is Ebola Hiding in the Eyes of Survivors?
Some West Africans who have beat the deadly disease are now going blind—and doctors, unsure if treatment would unleash the virus back into the population, are powerless to help them.
March 27, 2016 | NPR
Love, Loss and Beauty Pageants: Inside a Cuban HIV Sanitarium
The 'Christian Dior of Cuba' looks back on bittersweet memories from his time living in a housing facility for people with HIV.
November 17, 2014 | General news, Project news
This Week: Putin's Policies Leave Human Rights Under Siege
In Vladimir Putin's Russia, and in occupied Ukraine, a rough road for LGBT activists and intravenous drug users.
November 14, 2014 | General news, Project news, Education news
D.C. High Schoolers Share Their "Everyday"
Interested in running workshops with Pulitzer Center journalists and students at your school? Email us at globalgateway@pulitzercenter.org.
October 08, 2014 | Project news
Lawyer in "The Abominable Crime" on the Fight for LGBT Rights in Jamaica
In interview with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maurice Tomlinson reflects on threats and discrimination associated with being gay within a homophobic culture.
August 29, 2014 | General news
Gaps in the Global Fight Against AIDS
We can now envision a post-AIDS world, but marginalized communities are still being left behind. In the global fight against AIDS, business as usual will not end the epidemic.
July 25, 2014 | General news, Education news
Intern Event 2014: Storytelling in Journalism
Pulitzer Center hosts event for DC interns on “Crafting and Communicating the Stories of Our Time." Meghan Dhaliwal and Steve Sapienza discuss how to develop a "journalistic mentality."
July 07, 2014 | General news, Project news
Can Malaria Be Stopped?
Inadequate medical care, substandard sanitation, and counterfeit drugs are just some of the reasons why malaria continues to claim millions of lives worldwide. Could chemoprevention be the answer?
June 30, 2014 | General news, Project news
Polio in Syria: New Epidemic, Same Obstacles
Most of the obstacles facing the anti-polio campaign in Syria are not unique. Efforts in India and Nigeria have faced the same stumbling blocks: misinformation, social stigma, and religious backlash.
June 02, 2014 | General news
This Week: The White Plague
Pulitzer Center grantee Meera Senthilingam, in a report for CNN Health, notes that tuberculosis has long been known as a disease of poverty.
December 27, 2013 | General news
2013: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff shares favorite images from 2013.
September 03, 2013 | Project news
DC Premiere of "The Abominable Crime" to Kick Off Pulitzer Center's First Film Festival
DC premiere of "The Abominable Crime" coincides with Pulitzer Center's first week-long film festival, showcasing feature-length films and shorts. Join us for one or several screenings.
July 09, 2013 | General news, Project news, Awards
"Voices of Haiti" Gets a Kirkus-Starred Review
Kirkus Reviews awards a star to our enhanced e-book for iPad, "Voices of Haiti." Get your copy today.
July 08, 2013 | General news
This Week: Identity In Flames
The best journalism takes time — time to report, time to write. We urge you to take time to read two examples of long-form magazine journalism of the highest order.