This nine week program allows you to observe first hand how structural inequalities influence health and access to health care services. Spend one month interning in a health care facility in Costa Rica and one month in Nicaragua. Learn about both countries, their differet histories, and their cultures while gaining hands on experience.
Although Costa Rica and Nicaragua are so close together their health care systems are worlds apart. It was extremely valuable to compare the two systems in order to have a better understanding of what defines health care. The two systems gave valuable insight to what was working and what was not working. Seeing the two systems gives you an idea of how with some support and funding any developing country can improve their health care system. Nicaragua is an example of a country that is in transition where as Costa Rica is a prime example of a health care system that seems to work with great success. Although like any system there is need for improvement the two systems are great case studies for understanding development and the health care world. - Samantha Field, 2008
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