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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: La totalidad de África excepto ÁFRICA DEL NORTE. Incluye ANGOLA, BENÍN, BOTSUANA, BURKINA FASO, CABO VERDE, CAMERÚN, CHAD, CONGO, COSTA DE MARFIL, ERITREA, ESUATINI, ETIOPÍA, GABÓN, GAMBIA, GHANA, GUINEA, GUINEA-BISÁU, GUINEA ECUATORIAL, KENIA, LESOTO, LIBERIA, MALAUI, MALI, MAURITANIA, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, NÍGER, NIGERIA, REPÚBLICA CENTROAFRICANA, REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DEL CONGO, RUANDA, SANTO TOMÉ Y PRÍNCIPE, SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONA, SOMALIA, SUDÁFRICA, SUDÁN, SUDÁN DEL SUR, TANZANIA, TOGO, UGANDA, YIBUTI, ZAMBIA y ZIMBABUE.
Descriptor Portuguese: África Subsaariana
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) including ANGOLA; BENIN; BOTSWANA; BURKINA FASO; CABO VERDE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DJIBOUTI; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; ERITREA; ESWATINI; ETHIOPIA; GABON; GAMBIA; GHANA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; KENYA; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; MALAWI; MALI; MAURITANIA; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NIGER; NIGERIA; RWANDA; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH SUDAN; SUDAN; TANZANIA; TOGO; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; and ZIMBABWE.
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
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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) including ANGOLA; BENIN; BOTSWANA; BURKINA FASO; CABO VERDE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DJIBOUTI; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; ERITREA; ESWATINI; ETHIOPIA; GABON; GAMBIA; GHANA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; KENYA; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; MALAWI; MALI; MAURITANIA; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NIGER; NIGERIA; RWANDA; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH SUDAN; SUDAN; TANZANIA; TOGO; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; and ZIMBABWE.
Preferred term Africa South of the Sahara
Entry term(s) Africa, Sub-Saharan
Sub-Saharan Africa
Subsaharan Africa



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