africa south of the sahara

Preferred Label : africa south of the sahara;

MeSH definition : All of Africa except Northern Africa (AFRICA, NORTHERN).; 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.;

MeSH synonym : subsaharan africa; africa, sub-saharan; sub-saharan africa;

MeSH annotation : all of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-saharan africa;

Details

Origin ID

D017954;

UMLS CUI

C0001738;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Africa South of the Sahara [UNESCO concept]
- Sub-Saharan Africa (geographic location) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sub-Saharan African [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- africa south of the sahara [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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