Aid | Pulitzer Center

Teaching the Healthcare Workers of Liberia

Brian Castner

On her first ever deployment, Julia Hollingsworth saw a country that looked a lot like her birthplace of Trinidad.

January 30, 2015 | National Geographic

How Sierra Leone's Fight Against Ebola Tested Cultural Traditions.

Amy Maxmen

To stop infected bodies from spreading the disease in Sierra Leone, health officials persuaded local leaders to change how villagers mourned.

January 28, 2015 | Foreign Policy

An Empty Medical Outpost Could Be the Future of Liberia's Ebola Fight

Brian Castner

John Nel was sent to build a lifesaving Ebola clinic in the middle of the Liberian jungle. It opened too late to help fight this outbreak, but could help prevent a new one.

January 28, 2015 | National Geographic

How Ebola Found Fertile Ground in Sierra Leone's Chaotic Capital

Amy Maxmen

How poverty, density, and fragmentation in Sierra Leone's capital city fueled the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.

January 18, 2015 | VICE News

Progress in Liberia: Schools Shuttered by Ebola Set to Reopen

Brian Castner

Liberian schools forced to close because of Ebola are set to reopen February 2, but the country's education system could look vastly different than it did a year ago.

January 15, 2015 | VICE News

Liberia: Giving Up the Dead

Brian Castner

Delecia Jaffan is dead. She might have died of Ebola. Or maybe not. Either way, the body is treated the same.

January 15, 2015 | Foreign Policy

Liberia: 'We Are Fighting an Enemy, and the Enemy Is Ebola'

Brian Castner

Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky's 2,500 soldiers have spent months battling a rampant killer in Liberia. Is the fight over, or has the frontline shifted?

January 13, 2015 | GoErie

Allegheny Professor Chronicles Ebola Fight in Liberia

Hatch, a photojournalist and visiting professor at Allegheny College, is in the West African country covering the U.S. military's efforts to assist the Liberian government with the Ebola outbreak.

January 13, 2015 | Motherboard | VICE

Inside the US Army's Ebola Lab in Liberia

Brian Castner

At the Ebola Treatment Unit in Tappita, the goal is to get a confirmation that a patient has the virus in two hours, not two weeks.

October 03, 2014 | Outrage and Inspire

The Hunger Season Part 2: A Day in the Life of Africa’s Family Farmers

In episode 2 of The Last Hunger Season film series, produced by Josh Courter and Guilia Longo Courter, Pulitzer Center grantee Roger Thurow chronicles the daily lives of Leonida Wanya's family.

September 12, 2014 | Pulitzer Center

Uganda's (Preventable) Mess

Sam Loewenberg

Uganda suffers from a sanitation crisis, as many villagers nor the urban poor have access to toilets. An estimated 75% of the country's disease burden is linked to poor sanitation and hygiene.

August 29, 2014 | Pulitzer Center

Latest Threat to Troubled Region: Coffee Disease

Philip Brasher, for the Pulitzer Center

The coffee farmers of Guatemala's Western Highlands try to stay one step ahead of coffee rust. Despite support from USAID, the disease threatens the livelihood of growers.

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