MIN/Sp/AU/CAMH3/6 TB Page 13 AFR, 1,310,841 (23%) WPR, 1,416,373 (24%) AMR, 235,816 (4%) EMR, 325,797 (6%) EUR, 423,952 (7%) SEAR, 2,104,673 (36%) Notification rates (per 100,000 population) for all forms of TB have risen from 82 in 1990 to 160 in 2006. For new smear positive cases, the rates have risen from 19 in 1993 to 72 in 2006. At this rate, the MDG targets relative to 1990 rates are unlikely to be achieved for the entire region (Table 4.2.1). Table 4.2.1: Trend of TB notification rates by country. African Region New smear-positive notification rates. African Region 1993–2006 Rate (per 100 000 population) 1993 Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo 42 29 101 1994 25 36 27 109 1995 20 31 30 122 1996 23 63 29 158 1997 26 64 29 172 1998 25 55 29 186 1999 26 54 31 161 2000 27 65 32 179 2001 26 83 10 18 21 28 13 24 16 28 10 32 24 25 12 43 29 24 12 45 38 13 31 17 6 25 14 52 28 17 72 56 12 17 87 63 71 16 67 15 67 72 36 16 71 12 132 62 25 174 2002 26 123 31 188 2003 27 125 31 170 2004 26 130 31 172 2005 26 127 32 173 2006 26 130 34 175 12 44 29 30 12 40 48 23 13 42 63 34 14 43 64 34 16 42 73 27 19 38 76 25 35 69 38 6 101 71 23 8 117 51 25 10 101 104 13 131 69 39 10 149 8 91 Côte d'Ivoire 50 55 58 57 61 60 50 63 62 64 67 67 68 DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea GuineaBissau Kenya Lesotho 35 46 52 52 69 71 71 81 83 97 109 111 105 57 53 15 32 79 64 35 44 16 44 18 46 94 31 69 4 29 78 70 40 43 36 48 37 49 16 50 84 70 37 51 21 53 99 68 36 52 86 17 54 104 64 33 57 15 49 81 70 33 61 14 45 87 73 34 64 39 84 42 81 136 53 89 147 38 92 161 98 62 104 164 64 113 187 77 119 217 71 113 216 63 107 202 Liberia 75 33 29 61 40 74 63 81 33 30 15 46 67 15 31 21 24 62 35 38 56 4 25 52 66 39 39 43 78 80 51 79 75 60 102 68 66 134 54 29 10 38 44