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: How to Halt Rise in Traffic Fatalities?
Highway fatalities: On track to claim more lives tan HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis—combined.
April 13, 2015 -
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Poland: Coal’s Deadly Toll
Poland gets 90 percent of its power and much of its heat by burning coal, one of the dirtiest of...
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Forced to choose between corrupt government clinics and faith healers, Sierra Leone's pregnant women...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Webby Nomination: Last Day to Vote for Interactive History on the Origins of HIV
Scientific detective timeline tracing the origins of HIV nominated for best science website.
April 9, 2015 -
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Interrupting Rape Worldwide
There's a method to stopping gun violence before it starts--and it has worked in seven countries...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Abominable Crime Receives Special Mention at Movies that Matter Film Festival
Matter of ACT Special Mention Award for Best Film goes to 'The Abominable Crime.'
April 6, 2015
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/02-26-16/maurice_tomlinson.jpg.webp?h=a5eb5da0&itok=QV6k9r1n "Maurice Tomlinson (left) and Simone Edwards (right) at Movies that Matter Film Festival. Tomlinson and Edwards are the two main characters in "The Abominable Crime." Image by Micah Fink. The Netherlands. 2015.")
