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
2015: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff share favorite images from 2015.
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In this global affairs lesson plan, students will explore the article Humanitarian Raid and debate the role that large corporations should play in helping to end poverty.
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The following humanitarian aid lesson plan asks students to consider the role that the World Bank should be playing in international aid and analyze the author’s purpose for writing the piece.
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Lesson Plans
News Bite 5: Ebola's Legacy
In this lesson, students will learn about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the people who worked to slow the epidemic, and the aftermath the disease has wrought upon the region.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Carl Gierstorfer
Biologist and filmmaker Carl Gierstorfer always had an interest in diseases and how they affect...
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Project
Ending AIDS
An on-the-ground look at efforts in Africa and the United States to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
