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Descriptor English: Africa South of the Sahara
Descriptor Spanish: África del Sur del Sahara
Descriptor África subsahariana
Entry term(s) África al sur del Sahara
Scope note: Toda África, excepto ÁFRICA DEL NORTE.
Descriptor Portuguese: África ao Sul do Saara
Descriptor French: Afrique subsaharienne
Entry term(s): Africa, Sub-Saharan
Sub-Saharan Africa
Subsaharan Africa
Tree number(s): Z01.058.290
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017954
Scope note: All of Africa except Northern Africa (AFRICA, NORTHERN).
Annotation: all of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 1994
DeCS ID: 31671
Unique ID: D017954
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/03
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Africa South of the Sahara - Preferred
Concept UI M0027116
Scope note All of Africa except Northern Africa (AFRICA, NORTHERN).
Preferred term Africa South of the Sahara
Entry term(s) Africa, Sub-Saharan
Sub-Saharan Africa
Subsaharan Africa



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