1.  Match the following with their definitions:
_____ WHO
_____ CDC
_____ DOTS
_____ streptomycin
_____ Robert Koch
_____ Paul Farmer
_____ MDR
_____ Global Plan to Stop TB
_____ XDR
_____ Paul Nunn
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a)  WHO's Stop TB coordinator
b)  a physician famous for advocating the proper TB treatment for the poor; founded the global health agency Patrners In Health
c)  German physician who identified the TB bacillin in 1882
d)  the first successful TB drug
e)  extensively drug-resistant TB
f)  multidrug-resistant TB
g)  World Health Organization
h)  a plan that aims to reduce the worldwide prevalence and death rate of TB by half by 2015
i)  directly observed therapy; health-care workers watch patients take every dose of their medication
j)  Centers for Disease Control

2.  What is TB?

3.  Why were TB rates greatly reduced in the 20th century?  (para. 5)

4.  For what reasons has TB made a resurgence in the past 20 years? (para. 5 & 14)

5.  For how long was TB the world's #1 killer?  Who was most susceptible?  Why?

6.  What treatment do both the WHO and CDC recommend as most effective in fighting TB today? (para. 19)

7.  a) What is the Global Plan to Stop TB?
b) What will those working on the Global Plan need to implement it?
c) What problems do they face?

8.  a) What is the estimated cost for the Global Plan to Stop TB?
b) How will the money be used?
c) How will the program be paid for?  Be specific. (para. 25, 28-29)

9.  Based on the information from this article, do you think the Global Plan to Stop TB will be successful?  Explain your answer.

10. What do you think is the editors' purpose for publishing this article?