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"To the self-deprecating, 46-year-old Farmer, it's only a modest start. 'A small group of British abolitionists in the [19th] century began a movement that said, "Slavery is wrong, and we're going to change it." And they did,' he says. 'I believe we can convince people that it's wrong for the destitute sick of the world to die unattended. We can change that, too."

"'We've proven that people in poor settings with very complex diseases can be treated and cured,' Farmer says, but he is far from satisfied. 'We've had some victories,' he says. 'But if I were truly influential, everyon ein the world would have the right to heathcare, food, clean water, other basics. That's the goal.'"

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