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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During two days in February, 170 million children will be vaccinated for polio in India. And in the...
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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week in Review: Untouchable
Today is International Women’s Day and the plight of women and children in crisis is a recurring...
March 8, 2013 -
Like many poor countries, Cambodia is being hit by hypertension and diabetes epidemics. Most...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Pulitzer Center Grantees Honored 2013 Pictures of the Year International
Multiple Pulitzer Center grantees have been recognized by Pictures of the Year International for...
February 28, 2013
![Media file: 001_CSM_NEPAL_ACTIVISM.JPG](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/03-03-13/001_CSM_NEPAL_ACTIVISM.JPG.webp?h=c6980913&itok=6STFlTKZ "Radhika Sunar, who lives in the Nepalese village of in Siddheshwar, Achham, laughed with other girls as she stood last November in front of her "chaupadi goth," a small hut where area women sleep for four nights during their monthly period. Image by Allison Shelley. Nepal, 2012.")
![Media file: IMG_0628[1].JPG](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/02-25-13/IMG_0628%5B1%5D.JPG.webp?h=30c08e7f&itok=Nka7JaKy "A rare scene in Cambodia – diabetes screening. Image by Kounila Keo. Cambodia, 2013.")
