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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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is ostensibly the removal of female organs for cultural reasons...
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Pulitzer Center Update
The Radical Plan for Vaccine Equity
Global South Struggles for Vaccine Independence Nearly 80% of people in wealthy countries have been...
July 22, 2022 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Grantee Nate Hegyi Wins Native Media Award for Reporting on Tribal Jails
Pulitzer Center grantee Nate Hegyi was a winner in the 2022 Native American Journalists Association...
July 21, 2022 -
Lesson Plans
Vaccine Hesitancy and Historical Trauma
Students will examine and discuss reporting about vaccination efforts in Ghana and Chicago to better understand the relationship between medical racism and vaccine hesitancy among people of color.
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In Nigeria, potato flour is the new normal in breadmaking. The country now faces a record wheat...