Students take sides in legal battle over health care reform

Later this month, the Supreme Court will hear challenges to the constitutionality of the landmark health care reform law known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On February 2, the law was tested by HSPH students in a Public Health Law class taught by Professor Michelle Mello.

Documenting public health needs in African communities destabilized by militia violence

The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is working to document the destabilizing effect that the the militant group the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has had on central African countries. Jocelyn Kelly, MS '08, director of HHI's Women in War program, traveled to northern DRC with documentarian Lindsay Branham, program director for Discover the Journey, a co-collaborator on the project. They conducted an assessment of the needs of communities as they recover from violence and also struggle to reintegrate children who escaped from the LRA. A report of their findings will be released in March. Read more