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
Allegheny Professor Covers Liberia’s Ebola Crisis
Journalist goes to cover military efforts in Liberia, finds hope instead.
March 3, 2015 -
Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Strange Twists in the War on Polio
The use of Pakistani health workers in the hunt for Osama bin Laden may have set back the battle...
March 2, 2015 -
Project
Polio's Last Stand
After dozens of vaccination workers were killed in Afghanistan, polio once again began to spread...
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Education Resource
Meet Journalist Roger Thurow: Infant's First 1,000 Days Integral to Maternal Health
Behavior change is central to improving maternal and infant health in the 1,000 Days from pregnancy...
