When analyzing the global healthcare crisis, particular attention should be paid to the problem on both macro and micro scales. Neglecting both sides of the issue wastes precious time and resources in an age that cannot afford such losses. Some argue that health care is a battle that politicians must win to effect change. Others say the crisis is simply another economic issue that will eventually resolve itself according to theories of supply and demand. When we examine these explanations without seriously considering the issues that emerge in the microcosm, we expose ourselves to moral hazard. In Banker to the Poor (1), Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus describes how big change can come from looking at the problem from a smaller perspective. A Lack of Workforce In 2006, the World Health Organization released a report assessing the global health workforce and concluded that the health crisis was partly due to a lack of health workers in many regions of the world. It is important to note that the WHO report defines health workers as individuals who act with the intent to improve health. This means that a mother who takes care of a sick child is also essentially a healthcare worker. However, the WHO report recognizes the difficulty in drawing accurate conclusions from this broad definition and decided to focus on two special types of health workers. One example in the report compares a doctor working for a mining company and a painter working in a hospital. Ultimately, the report concludes that it would be best to consider the two as healthcare professionals, the doctor providing direct services and the painter providing indirect services. This definition assumes that without the support of the…charter center…ever, even an increase in funding dedicated to healthcare would be insufficient to achieve the MDGs. Short-term and long-term plans must be implemented on both the micro and macro scales of the problem to ensure an even distribution of resources. Targeted increases in healthcare workers in key regions over time and improved access to information are both powerful solutions that will make a difference within a few years. As Muhammad Yunus said, “My biggest challenge was to change people's mentality. Mentalities play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see. Likewise, lack of information has given many people certain mindsets that often lead to them becoming prone to diseases. The information is practically free; why not distribute it to those who would benefit most from its presence and save something as precious as a life.