Today we headed back to the downtown Austral campus. We started our morning with apresentation from the ministry of health. The ministry of health is in charge of providing supportto the provinces and coordinating health policy across Argentina. For lunch, we stopped at a little cafe near the building. We ended up getting avocado toast….
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Day 5: Inequality Across Municipalities
Today’s visits to La Matanza gave me a much better understanding of how economics and funding directly impact healthcare and education throughout Buenos Aires Province. Although La Matanza and the City of Buenos Aires are geographically close and have similarly large populations, the differences between them were immediately noticeable. La Matanza faces significantly higher poverty…
Education and Public Healthcare
This morning we visited Paroissien Hospital. First impression was the outside of the hospital. There were piles of trash right outside the door we entered. The hospital is located in a low income area, and they do not have much funding. The building was originally built to assist the military but then became a hospital….
Day 3: Trip to Tigre and San Isidro
Today we took a boat trip on the Tigre River to the Tigre Clinic public hospital. This hospital was in a pretty poor area and served provinces within a 2-hour distance. I noticed that this can be very inefficient and could cause problems for the clinic and people because they also only have one ambulance…