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
Stephanie Sinclair Interviewed on NPR About Child Marriage Project
Stephanie Sinclair and Cynthia Gorney discuss the phenomenon of child marriage on NPR's All Things...
June 8, 2011 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Nieman Global Health Fellows Announced
New Nieman-Pulitzer Center Global Health Fellows selected from U.S., India to join Class of 2012.
May 26, 2011 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Economist Film Project: Death at Birth in Nigeria
Lifting the veil on the creative process, filmmaker Dawn Sinclair Shapiro recounts challenges and...
May 5, 2011 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Need to Know Highlights Pulitzer Center Film Series at CUNY
The Pulitzer Center partnered with CUNY on "The World Through Women's Eyes," a film festival...
April 19, 2011 -
Pulitzer Center Update
The Edge of Joy Wins "The Economist" Film Project
The Economist Film Project, a film documentary contest in partnership with PBS Newshour has selected...
April 13, 2011
![image](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/the-edge-of-joy_10536.jpg.webp?h=2da757f8&itok=dUNJO3Ic "Image via "The Edge of Joy," by Dawn Sinclair Shapiro. Nigeria, 2010.")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/edge-of-joy-economist-film-project_9617_10447.jpg.webp?h=187b4ef8&itok=9eFnM-62 "Image via "The Edge of Joy." Nigeria, 2010.")
![image](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/DearObama-460_9608_10435.jpg.webp?h=bccd1fa5&itok=oamfkEgT "A still from Marcus Bleasdale's "Dear Obama: A Message from Victims of the LRA."")
![image](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/nigeria-maternal-mortality_9589_10385.jpg.webp?h=c1ca78f1&itok=pf4rwPKu "Screenshot via "The Edge of Joy." Nigeria, 2010.")