World Health Organization : Year 2002 ; Communicable Diseases and Emerging Infectious Diseases ; The Stop Tb Initiative, No. 2001.16: Global Plan to Stop TB

By Desmond M. Tutu

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 2002 ; Communicable Diseases and Emerging Infectious Diseases ; The Stop Tb Initiative, No. 2001.16: Global Plan to Stop TB
Author:	Desmond M. Tutu
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Citation APA MLA Chicago M. Tut, B. D. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 2002 ; Communicable Diseases and Emerging Infectious Diseases ; The Stop Tb Initiative, No. 2001.16. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

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Excerpt
Foreword by Desmond Tutu When I was only fifteen years old, I was struck down with tuberculosis and had to spend nearly two years in hospital. I had always wanted to be a physician, and when I contracted tuberculosis, this intention was strengthened. I was filled with a remarkable zeal to undertake the quest for a cure to end this scourge that had afflicted me. Although I did not fulfil my wish to become a doctor, I have since been inspired by many others who did. They are the ones who, imbued with a similar passion, devote all their professional energy to ridding the world of this malady, which was the leading infectious killer in the world until it was recently overtaken by HIV/AIDS.

Table of Contents
Global Plan to Stop TB Phase 1: 2001 to 2005 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 LIST OF ACRONYMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 FOREWORD BY DESMOND TUTU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 FOREWORD BY GEORGE SOROS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 FOREWORD BY GRO BRUNDTLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 FOREWORD BY ANDREW NATSIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 FOREWORD BY JAMES WOLFENSOHN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 1. THE PURPOSE OF THE GLOBAL PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 2. THE OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 3. PLAN STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 4. PLAN COSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 5. WHAT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 PART 1: STATE OF THE WORLD’S TB EPIDEMIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 CHAPTER 1 GLOBAL TB CONTROL: THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 1. THE TRAGEDY OF TB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 2. TB: THE UBIQUITOUS ENEMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 3. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 4. WHAT CAN BE DONE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 CHAPTER 2 THE POWER AND POTENTIAL OF DOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 1. WHAT IS DOTS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 2. WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT DOTS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 3. WHERE DO WE STAND NOW WITH DOTS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 4. WHY DON’T ALL TB SUFFERERS GET DOTS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 5. HOW DO WE ACCELERATE DOTS EXPANSION? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 6. CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 7. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL OVERVIEW . .