Analysis Of Farmer's Article 'Where Does One Start?'

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In his article Farmer says “It’s also clear that many health professionals feel paralyzed by the magnitude of the challenges. Where on earth does one start?” I thought this quote was an attention grabber. There are so many people in this world who might want help the poor like Farmer does but the problem is that where does one start. If we look around the world there are so many poor countries with millions of problems that still need to be solved. By the time we find a cure for one problem there is another way that comes in our way. In Farmer’s video, first of all I was amazed to see all the accomplishments one man has achieved with the help of others. One thing that really stood out to me was that they have hired community health workers

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