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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Lesson Plans
Back to School: Catching up with the World
At the start of the school year, students might want to discuss global issues that arose over the summer. This lesson is intended to spark discussion on current events and ways to keep up with them.
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Project
Seven Dates
"Seven Dates" explores the impact of sexual segregation in psycho-neurological boarding houses in...
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Stateless in Colombia
An exodus of Venezuelans are fleeing to Colombia, including pregnant women faced with lack of...
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Agent Orange in Laos
Severe disabilities and birth defects as a result of exposure to Agent Orange are the most tragic...
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The #MeToo movement is making its way across the world. In Uganda, it means speaking out against a...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Christopher de Bellaigue
In 2002, the Netherlands legalized euthanasia, and the country has since become a reference for...
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Scientists in Ghana are getting out of their labs to change public perception about genetically...