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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Students identify how contrasting arguments are presented in articles about native Amazonian populations in Peru. Students will also reflect on a country's responsibility to its native communities.
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Students will develop a proposal for the Punjab and Kashmir governments in India to help prevent and eventually eliminate the heroin epidemic.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Tim McGirk
On the verge of eradication in Pakistan, polio made an alarming comeback. In 2011, a CIA ploy—using...
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Tijuana and San Diego, sister cities that have overlapping populations, have vastly different...
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Pulitzer Center Update
No Time to Hesitate: Ebola First Responders
Global aid agencies floundered for months before tackling the Ebola outbreak. Faster care could have...
July 15, 2015
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/07-20-15/l_culturetour1200.jpg.webp?h=c74750f6&itok=0sW8yH76 "Radio producer Wyatt Orme records audio as Irene Homvelt (right) participates in a "Culture Tour" in Rwanda. Image by Wyatt Orme. Rwanda, 2015.")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/07-14-15/foodprogram_wide-18d3f1aa1992d22fa524ccee25fb7610a1f6bb39-s700-c85.jpg.webp?h=abce51c1&itok=ZnNf3r64 "In some Indian states, efforts to serve eggs to malnourished children are a political minefield. Image by Lisa LaBracio for the animation "Power Lunch: India's Mid-Day Meal Program."")
