Today is my last day in Buenos Aires, and I am so grateful for the experiences I had on this trip! Today started off with our final presentations at Austral-our topic was the Ministry of Health. I feel like during these past two weeks, I developed a completely new perspective on Argentine Healthcare. It’s hard…

We headed back to Austral’s downtown campus this morning for three more lectures today. Before walking over, Lauren and I went to a café around the corner for our hotel for a coffee, which wasn’t extraordinary. Today I consumed a lot of coffee! Our first lecture of the day was about the ministry of health…

Today we got to back to Austral, however this time we got to see their campus that is in the city. We had a very nice 10 minute walk over to the building. I absolutely love walking around Buenos Aires- it is such a lively city. The building we were in was beautiful as well….

Today was such an exciting day! We woke up bright and early to board a boat from Buenos Aires to Colonia, a small town on the coast of Uruguay. The boat ride only lasted about an hour and a half, and I slept for most of it. Upon docking, we started with a walking tour…

Although we did not visit any hospital or site visits today, we still learned a significant amount of information about public healthcare through cultural and historical tours and visits. We started today off with a three hour walking tour of Buenos Aires. On the tour, we passed monuments that are very significant to Argentinian nationalism…

We started off the day by making our way to Palermo, which is a main neighborhood in the city of Buenos Aires. It is clear that it is a nicer part of the city; it is very clean and I loved the architecture. We got to see three different hospitals today. Our first stop was…

Today we toured the Diego Parisien Hopsital and the University of La Matanza; both are public institutions located in the La Matanza municipal. They serve 3 million people outside of the main city of Buenos Aires- I was honestly surprised to see this many people in this province. Although this was not the only hospital…

To start the day, we drove to Tigre and then boarded a boat on the river, which we took to a public PCP clinic accessible by dock. This health center operates as a 24 hour office with appointments. It covers a vast range of territory, with only one ambulance available.  I found this astonishing considering…

We started off today with a visit to a public health clinic, Thomas Reggio Primary Health Center. It is run by 5 nuns and has generous volunteer doctors, dentists, and nurses. They are independent but government and university funded, and are connected to a children’s center, Santa Marta Children’s Home. It was so interesting to…

Today was a jam packed day! We started with an 11 PM flight, where I got to sit next to someone who lives in Argentina. It was interesting to talk with him a little about Argentina culture before attempting to sleep on the 10 hour flight. The flight was overall smooth-however I did not get…

My name is Alaina Abbato, and I am a first year Pitt Business student majoring in Finance, and minoring in Political Science and French. A big reason I chose to attend Pitt is the wide variety of global experiences offered! At Pitt, I am involved with the Student Government Board, as a member of the…