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All men are created equal. All deserve equal treatment as a human being and freedom to chose their own fate must prevail. Exceptional and absolutely valid philosophy! But when I applied the factor of geographic equality, equality between places where these men are born, this philosophy remained shattered in the reality.  Despite having been created equal, these men are all positioned in so widely disparate geographic regions of the world that one segment of population is dying of hunger, while the other is dying of obesity and its complications.  In one part of the world people die as early as 45 years on average, while in the other, live beyond 75 years.  Geography has historically been the greatest determinant of quality of medical care people seek and the quality they actually receive, and have no doubts that it would be in the future.  Regions in some countries are not even fortunate enough to understand the need of quality primary care. They graciously succumb to illness devoting themselves to the wrath or will of god. No wonder awareness of -and exposure to- where their rest of the world has progressed has deserted them for centuries.  Today, one part of the world, that is experiencing the pleasures of prosperity, has started to shift its vision to reach out to the other part of the world, that is experiencing what would be worse than a nightmare.  This time not just for the motivation of exploiting natural resources, but in fact to help improve the quality of life of geographically unfortunate people, supply them the basic supplements essential for living, primary and preventive health care, equip them with new technologies that are easy to implement and do not disrespect their traditional cultural beliefs.  Today, there are immense efforts, though with unrelenting struggles, in both parts of the world to bring the divide closer and hope to walk the talk one day that all men are created equal.

Article by Ravi Goyal