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: Origins of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
"Rise of the Killer Virus" is a scientific detective story that crisscrosses the globe, finding...
December 2, 2014 -
A scientific detective story that crisscrosses the globe, tracing the origins of HIV and its lessons...
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Bringing the Sexual Violence Conversation Home
Ending sexual violence is a moral challenge that isn’t confined to a faraway place in Africa.
November 25, 2014 -
Pulitzer Center Update
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...
November 19, 2014 -
Russia's government crackdown on the LGBT community is fueling an alarming increase in the AIDS...