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
This Week: New “Gap Map” on the Fight Against AIDS
In the fight against AIDS marginalized communities are still being left behind. Business as usual...
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Cervical Cancer in Uganda
In the U.S., the HPV vaccine and regular pap smears have almost stopped the pervasiveness of...
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Jessica Edmond, Pulitzer Center student fellow from Southern Illinois University Carbondale...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/07-25-14/image_a.jpg.webp?h=69189783&itok=BeYLirrc "Six-year-old Cecilia looks up to her older sisters and says she feels good about her skin. "My sisters are beautiful and everybody says we all look alike, so I think I am beautiful too.” Developing a positive self-image starts at home and can have positive effects on young girls. Image by Jessica Edmond. Ghana, 2014.")
