To summarize my time abroad in Argentina I will talk in terms of their health systems and also in terms of life.  To start, it was really cool to learn about how a public health care system works. We also learned a little about how the government functions. I got some insight into the multiple…

Today we spent our whole day at the University of Austral in downtown Buenos Aires. We learned more about the obras sociales system and how the new government administration the changes affecting how this money gets distributed.   We then broke for lunch and ate at a cute café near the building. I got a delicious…

Today we walked just a few blocks from our hotel to the Austral University downtown campus. Once we arrived, we met with an official from OMINT, a private health insurance company, and learned about the structure and day to day operations of private healthcare in Argentina, including how coverage is organized, how patients access care,…

Today we woke up early to get on a boat to Uruguay! This was not something I was aware of that was happening until before I got the itinerary but I’m so happy that I was able to go. We started the day by getting on a big boat that took us across the Rio…

Today we toured the area we’re staying in, Retiro. We saw many famous landmark buildings and the famous cemetery where wealthy aristocratic families as well as Eva Perón are buried.  While learning about Evita, we also learned some more about the president Perón and how he had an impact on the Argentine healthcare system.  General…

Today we started the day by driving to the La Matanza municipality to see the public hospital funded only by provincial funds called the Paroissien. This municipality is in the Buenos Aires province just like San Isidro however is  only funded by provincial funds and not municipal and provincial like San Isidro. This causes differences…

Today we started the day by hopping on an hour-long boat ride on the Tigre River to the Rio Capitan primary care center. The center served about a two hour radius on the river. Similar to yesterday they provided services to the surrounding areas for primary care. The services included dentistry, gynecology, general check ups…

Today was a jam packed day but it was so informative and cool to see. We started the day by driving to Pilar and seeing the Centro de Tomas Reggio which was a local clinic that supports its local neighborhood. This clinic provided general checkups and care for the local community publicly. They call this…

Today after a long 48 hours of on and off travel, we finally arrived in Buenos Aires (BA), Argentina. My first impressions immediately after we left the airport were the horse farms alongside the highway, how different the car brands are from the US (a lot of Volkswagen electric trucks and something called Peugeot??), and…