If South Africa has a soul, it was surely in the room with the members of the Western Cape, South African National Tuberculosis Association - SANTA - at the Wilderness Hotel as they opened their annual general meeting by spontaneously singing hymn after hymn of joy, praise, and glory to God. Coming together from both the high and low veld of Western Cape, the volunteers of SANTA are dedicated to their work of helping individuals, families and communities overcome the persistent danger of a TB epidemic that continues to threaten the people of South Africa, neighboring countries, and the world. Although South Africa now has the highest rate of active TB in Africa and one of the higher rates of multi-drug resistant TB in the world, this worldwide pandemic is   currently spreading fastest in the nations of the former Soviet Union where disease control measures are underfunded and less focused.        ...