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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Pulitzer Center Update
UN Acknowledges Role in Haitian Cholera Outbreak
For the first time in six years, the UN has acknowledged responsibility for a cholera outbreak in...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Ross Velton on "The Ghosts of Leprosy"
Ross Velton travels to Sri Lanka to meet a forgotten generation of leprosy sufferers. A few old men...
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According to all the latest reports, South Africa is making major steps in treating and preventing...
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How close are we to a yellow fever pandemic?
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Leslie Roberts
Leslie Roberts, deputy news editor at Science, traveled to Myanmar, Cambodia, and Thailand to report...