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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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Roger Thurow Reports on the 1,000 Days
Good nutrition is vital in the 1,000 Days, the time from when a woman becomes pregnant to the second...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Mental Health: Healing the Visible and Invisible Scars of Conflict
Here's a paradoxical situation that is also a global phenomenon: In war-torn countries, where...
August 5, 2014 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Family Planning in Ethiopia Finds Unexpected Advocates
In Ethiopia, religious leaders have been persuaded by health workers, doctors, and NGOs to promote...
July 30, 2014
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/05-28-14/rukiya.jpg.webp?h=19f14c2c&itok=bQzgssgM ""Hero" farmer Rukiya Abenkeyir has not only improved her life through an irrigation project that emphasizes female empowerment, but she's also taken a leadership position among her peers. Image by Philip Brasher. Ethiopia, 2014.")
