Public Health

Eradicating Polio in India: Portraits

Esha Chhabra

Public health workers have taken on the mission of vaccinating 170 million children under the age of five.

May 16, 2013 | Pulitzer Center

The Voice of the $1-A-Day Polio Worker

Esha Chhabra, for the Pulitzer Center

More than 2 million vaccinators come together to immunize India's 170 million children under the age of 5 against polio. Why do they do it? Certainly cannot be for the pay.

May 16, 2013 | Pulitzer Center

Shale Gas Explorations in Strzeszewo, Poland

Stephen Sapienza

As drilling operators search for shale gas in Poland, residents demand more information about the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing—fracking—on their communities.

May 15, 2013 | Pulitzer Center

Coding Meds: Fighting the Counterfeit Market with a Cell Phone

Esha Chhabra, for the Pulitzer Center

Can you tell if that pill in your hand is real or merely a copy? Probably not. But your cell phone can.

May 14, 2013 | The Guardian

Source Code: PharmaSecure Goes Mobile in Battle Against Fake Drugs

Esha Chhabra

An initiative allowing the provenance of medicines to be verified using mobile technology is taking aim at the illegal drug trade. Too tall a task?

May 14, 2013 | Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Lesson from a Famine: Markets Matter

Roger Thurow

In ending hunger, markets matter. Ethiopia is implementing lessons learned after the 2003 famine.

May 09, 2013 | Pulitzer Center

A Steady Hand for Haiti: The Lullaby

Mary Chind, for the Pulitzer Center

Photojournalist Mary Chind recalls the memorable beginning of a trip for American volunteers who traveled to rural Haiti with Community Health Initiative.

May 09, 2013 | The Des Moines Register

A Steady Hand for Haiti: Clinic in Action

Mary Chind

Volunteers from the Community Health Initiative are seen here in action during their week-long clinics in rural Haiti, where they meet with hundreds of villagers.

May 09, 2013 | Pulitzer Center

Honduras: The Unafraid

David Rochkind, for the Pulitzer Center

In the face of discrimination some people choose to make their HIV status publicly known. They set an example in their towns, helping to fight the sigma that exists.