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: Putin's Policies Leave Human Rights Under Siege
In Vladimir Putin's Russia, and in occupied Ukraine, a rough road for LGBT activists and intravenous...
November 19, 2014 -
Russia's government crackdown on the LGBT community is fueling an alarming increase in the AIDS...
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Pulitzer Center Update
"Mapping Cholera" at the New York Academy of Medicine
"Mapping Cholera" presentation and panel discussion with Sonia Shah, Annie Sparrow, Pablo...
November 10, 2014 -
Project
Health and Obesity in the UK
Half the population of the United Kingdom may be obese by 2050. What are the causes and what is...