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Africa South of the Sahara MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Africa South of the Sahara
Tree Number(s)
Z01.058.290
Unique ID
D017954
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017954
Annotation
all of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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.
Entry Term(s)
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Sub-Saharan Africa
Subsaharan Africa
History Note
1994
Date Established
1994/01/01
Date of Entry
1993/06/03
Revision Date
2022/07/08
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