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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Vaccines for rotavirus, cholera and other diseases result in relatively weak immunity among children...
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: The Life Equation
Do you save one life at the cost of 10?
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalists: Laura Bassett and Jake Naughton
Laura Bassett and Jake Naughton traveled to Kenya to take a close look at the devastating impact of...
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PART OF: Unsafe Abortion in Kenya and the Ripple Effects of U.S. Foreign Aid PolicyFebruary 8, 2016
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Lesson Plans
Sri Lanka: Ending Blindness Through Rebirth
This lesson plan asks students to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using print and video to inform an audience about organ and tissue donations.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Ross Velton on "Cornea Donation in Sri Lanka"
Sri Lanka: a place famous for its fine tea… and now, its eyes. While many countries struggle to find...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/02-04-16/masika.jpg.webp?h=898fdfb6&itok=gVp3J1G4 "Masika Katsuva is a central figure in the Pulitzer Center-supported documentary "Seeds of Hope." She created a support center and farming community in the Democratic Republic of Congo to assist other survivors of rape, their children and orphans. Image by Fiona Lloyd-Davies. DRC, 2013")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/02-04-16/animal_bridge_car_2.jpg.webp?h=926d89e9&itok=dT7REYLB "The "animal bridge" on a highway near Missoula, Montana, is part of a larger network of wildlife crossings that have improved road safety in the region. Image by Robert Chaney. United States, 2015.")
