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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![Media file: Pulitzer.JPG](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20510%20315'%2F%3E "A sign erected by the Islamists on the main road to Gao, the
biggest city in the northern region of Mali. It reads "Welcome to the Islamic State of Gao." Image by Yochi Dreazen. Mali, 2013.")
Pulitzer Center Update
This Week in Review: Mali Falls Apart
The neighborhood of garishly opulent mansions is aptly known to locals as "Cocainebougou," or...
March 29, 2013 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Meet Student Fellow Jason Hayes
Boston University student fellow Jason Hayes discusses his experience reporting on the cholera...
March 29, 2013 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Ocean Health and Overfishing: Jim Wickens, Erik Vance in DC Classrooms
Pulitzer Center journalists Jim Wickens and Erik Vance visit DC classrooms to discuss ocean issues...
March 27, 2013 -
Pulitzer Center Update
This Week in Review: An Eternal Divide
President Obama was in Jerusalem this week on a visit that was expected to be long on symbolism and...
March 22, 2013 -
Education Resource
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Joins Campus Consortium
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...
![Media file: Pulitzer.JPG](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/03-16-13/Pulitzer.JPG.webp?h=a5eb5da0&itok=Yllqerc2 "A sign erected by the Islamists on the main road to Gao, the
biggest city in the northern region of Mali. It reads "Welcome to the Islamic State of Gao." Image by Yochi Dreazen. Mali, 2013.")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/03-25-13/Lesbia.jpg.webp?h=55e49477&itok=jDYdN7QB "Lesbia Martinez, 33, with her daughter Asly Carolina Cordaba, 8. Lesbia was ostracized by her family when she told them about her HIV diagnosis and once tried to kill herself. Now she says that she wants to be an example in her community and "keep her head high and continue moving forward." Image by David Rochkind. Honduras, 2013.")
