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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PART OF: The Toxic Side of Climate Change

For Many Disabled Fire Victims in Los Angeles, a Continuing Trauma

Nina Dietz
Grantee

November 9, 2025
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After the Exit: How USAID Scaledown Is Rewriting Kenya’s HIV Battle

Cracks are showing in the system that once promised stability and progress.

Multiple Authors

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PART OF: Asia’s Timor-Leste Nation Copes With End of USAID

In Timor-Leste, Even Modest Cuts in US Foreign Aid Add Up

Ted Alcorn
Grantee

November 4, 2025
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PART OF: In the Name of Wellness: Investigating Environmental Neocolonialism

The Quinoa Bubble (German)

Multiple Authors

November 1, 2025
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PART OF: A Liberated Church Despite Loss

A Top Zimbabwe Malaria Research Center Killed by USAID Closure, Resurrected by UMC

Multiple Authors

October 31, 2025
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PART OF: Overlooked Toll of Climate Change on Kashmir’s Gujjar-Bakarwal Community

The Women Carrying Water—and the World

Safina Nabi
Grantee

October 30, 2025
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PART OF: Shifting Ground: How Climate Change Fuels Haiti’s Crisis

Violence Impacts Access to Health Care in Haiti (French)

Jean-Mathieu Albertini
Grantee

October 30, 2025
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PART OF: After the Exit: How USAID Scaledown Is Rewriting Kenya’s HIV Battle

State of HIV/AIDS in Kenya Following Donor Withdrawal (Video)

Multiple Authors

October 27, 2025
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South Africa’s TB Snake and Its Tail Wreaking Havoc in Lesotho

Lesotho continues to suffer from the scourge of tuberculosis (TB) and silicosis, a devastating...

Multiple Authors

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PART OF: South Africa’s TB Snake and Its Tail Wreaking Havoc in Lesotho

Healthcare System on Its Knees: Why Lesotho Is Losing the War on TB

Billy Ntaote
Grantee

October 27, 2025
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PART OF: After the Exit: How USAID Scaledown Is Rewriting Kenya’s HIV Battle

Commentary: How Kenya’s HIV Care System Is Buckling After Donor Withdrawal

Multiple Authors

October 26, 2025
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'1619' Global Connections Workshop | Envisioning Healthy Black Futures

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