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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Lesson Plans
To End AIDS: Addressing Community Needs
Students develop solutions for challenges in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Students will conduct in-depth research on their issues, create proposals, and present them.
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Konzo, a disease associated with irreversible paralysis is caused by improperly processed or hastily...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Sonia Shah
In recent weeks, the flow of migrants fleeing Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere into Greece has...
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Project
Climate Change in Iran
A look at how climate change impacts Iran.
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This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
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Lesson Plans
Heroes of HIV in the Caribbean
The following lesson plans were designed by Liz Morrison, coordinator of Social Studies for the Parkway School District in St. Louis, as part of the Pulitzer Center's Global Gateway initiative.
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As the world sprints to end AIDS, adolescents and young people suffer from HIV in the shadows with...