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.
To understand food security in sub-Saharan Africa, context is crucial. Some 500 million small farms feed 80 percent of the people who live in regions that are perilously close to hunger.
Yadvinder Malhi, a leading biologist from Oxford University, says that tropical zones such as those in Peru are bearing the brunt of climate change.
Tanzania’s struggle against bean-eating weevils is just one chapter in the story of the tension between farmers and the ever-evolving pests that attack crops in the field and after harvest.
Counselors at World Hope International, as former victims themselves, draw upon their own experiences in helping young victims of sex crimes in Cambodia.
British photographer Sean Gallagher spent the past seven years casting the spotlight on China's environmental crises.
Varsha Ramakrishnan examines the tradition of dowry in India, as well as the related violence that may ensue regardless of a woman's social class.
This is how communities spread the word about the importance of good nutrition in improving maternal and infant health in Uganda, India, Guatemala or Chicago.
Drought-tolerant corn is off-limits to Tanzanian farmers as outside groups debate the best approach for easing hunger across Africa.
When protests broke out near the Ngäbe-Buglé semi-autonomous region in 2012, American missionary priest Joe Fitzgerald was forced to assume a role that indigenous people could not.
At age 16, Ana Luisa was raped. But by seeking an abortion to salvage her life, she became the criminal in the eyes of Salvadoran law, which bans abortion.
Traffic accidents and road deaths in the developing world are consistently underreported. Jeffrey E. Stern looks at why Afghanistan turns a blind eye.
Malaria is the leading cause of death in Mali, so I went to write about the disease. But outside of this tragic reality, there's also art, kindness and beauty like I’ve never witnessed before.
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