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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Lesson Plans
Power Lunch: India's Mid-day Meal Program
How do content and form work together in telling a story in the news? This unit/lesson builds on thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard University.
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A documentary by Carl Gierstorfer follows one community’s fight for survival against Ebola through...
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Lesson Plans
Population Bomb: Is Population Control the Answer?
This lesson uses reporting by Sarah Weiser and others to examine how population pressures have been dealt with in various regions.
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Lesson Plans
Clean Water: A Global Challenge
In this lesson, students explore the causes and consequences of the fragile water and sanitation infrastructure in Nepal.
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In eastern Nepal, a Hepatitis E epidemic infected over 5,000 people, killing over a dozen. But in...
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Pulitzer Center Update
'Seeds of Hope' Wins World International Humanitarian Platinum Award
Vote for the Fiona Lloyd-Davies documentary for the 2015 favorite in the World Humanitarian Awards.
September 16, 2015
