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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North India's Heroin Epidemic
The India-Pakistan border overflows with heroin. Journalist Michael Edison Hayden and photographer...
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Pulitzer Center Update
World Tuberculosis Day
Targeting care to poor and developing communities reduces stigma and deters development of drug...
March 24, 2015 -
Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: How Our Brain Perceives the 'Other'
Can mapping neural pathways help us make friends with our enemies?
March 23, 2015