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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Murky Waters in Ghana
In Accra, capital of Ghana, residents cope with water scarcity while the state water company rakes...
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Super-resistant Bacteria, Medical Tourism, and India’s Poor: A Global Health Crisis in the Making
Overuse of antibiotics and poor sanitation in India have created a powerful new antibiotic-resistant...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Accountability Journalism: Reports on Water from West Africa
A collaborative investigation into the water sector in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia in...
January 4, 2012
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/PHOTO%20-%20Six-tap%20Fountain%20%28CATD%29-1.jpg.webp?h=fa8f08cf&itok=qfWvfZiZ "“We wanted the outside world to know that Ivorians and Liberians can live together peacefully. Our example speaks louder than any other political discourse." Image by Selay Marius Kouassi. Ivory Coast, 2011.")
