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Descriptor English: Namibia
Descriptor Spanish: Namibia
Descriptor Namibia
Scope note: República de África del sur situada al sur de ANGOLA y al oeste e BOTSWANA. Su capital es Windhoek.
Descriptor Portuguese: Namíbia
Descriptor French: Namibie
Entry term(s): Republic of Namibia
South West Africa
Southwest Africa
Tree number(s): Z01.058.290.175.580
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009276
Scope note: A republic in southern Africa, south of ANGOLA and west of BOTSWANA. Its capital is Windhoek.
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: Africa, Southern (1966-1977)
South Africa (1966-1974)
History Note: 1978
DeCS ID: 9468
Unique ID: D009276
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/13
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Namibia - Preferred
Concept UI M0014451
Scope note A republic in southern Africa, south of ANGOLA and west of BOTSWANA. Its capital is Windhoek.
Preferred term Namibia
Entry term(s) Republic of Namibia
South West Africa
Southwest Africa



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