Here’s how one Nigerian state tackled the deadly bacterial infections that kill hundreds of thousands of babies worldwide each year—and why such a simple solution is so tough to pull off.
In Russia, the stigma around AIDS is so strong it has hindered response and allowed the disease to spread.
What if there were an algorithm for saving the most lives?
Large investments in Mexico’s healthcare system have yet to reap benefits. What are the barriers that hospitals funded by the federal government face?
On paper, all Mexican citizens have access to healthcare, but the level of care varies drastically.
On paper, all Mexican citizens have access to healthcare, but the level of care varies drastically. Public systems put in place by the government falsely construct a universal healthcare system.
Pulitzer Center student fellows travel the world to report on issues that affect us all—telling stories that might otherwise go untold. This exhibit features selected work by student fellows, shot on location in countries now undergoing rapid transformation, from the roads in Bangkok to a Maasai village in Tanzania.
Academics and journalists gather at Washington University in St. Louis to explore religion's place in current international affairs. This free e-book captures the conversation and links out to related Pulitzer Center reporting projects.
For those seeking asylum in Denmark, Center Sandholm is the first stop
Thanks to one innovation, women can now be screened for cervical cancer using just a smartphone.
“Patriarchy and racism means I’m less likely to be thought the doctor, so that allows me to hide in the open.”
The Zika virus is expected to spread in Europe by summer, according to a new WHO risk assessment.
Lifting the veil on the creative process, filmmaker Dawn Sinclair Shapiro recounts challenges and successes behind crafting "The Edge of Joy," an issue-driven documentary on maternal health in Nigeria.
The Pulitzer Center partnered with CUNY on "The World Through Women's Eyes," a film festival highlighting work by and about women around the world.
The Economist Film Project, a film documentary contest in partnership with PBS Newshour has selected "The Edge of Joy" as one of its first round winners.
Below is a guest blog post on maternal mortality by the Pulitzer Center's Kate Steger published this morning on One.org.
The miracle of birth is astonishing, humbling, and wonderful to behold. After witnessing my nephew's delivery, I thought a maternity ward must be the best place in the world to work.
This week’s Women Deliver Conference in Washington, D.C. was the first in a series of international conferences and summits that will focus the world’s attention, for the next four months, on Millennium Development Goal 5: to reduce maternal deaths in the world by two thirds and to provide access to reproductive health care for all by the year 2015.
One hundred youth from nearly as many countries gathered in Washington, D.C. as part of this week's Women Deliver conference on maternal health.
Last month the British medical journal The Lancet reported that in the span of three decades, the number of women dying in childbirth or during pregnancy worldwide decreased substantially.
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