Subject Guides: Health Sciences Search Filters: Africa

Africa, General

Africa and Countries_EBSCO CINAHL_05_18_2022 This is a high-level hedge designed to retrieve studies related to Africa and countries in Africa.
Africa and Countries_Ovid MEDLINE_05_18_2022 This is a high level hedge designed to retrieve studies related to Africa and countries in Africa from the Ovid MEDLINE database.
Africa and Countries_Ovid EMBASE_05_18_2022 This is a high level hedge designed to retrieve studies related to Africa and countries and regions in Africa
Africa and Countries_Cochrane_11_14_2022 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Africa or African countries from the Cochrane Library databases.

North Africa_Ovid MEDLINE_08_12_2020 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to North Africa from the Ovid MEDLINE database.
North Africa_Ovid EMBASE 08_12_2020 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to northern Africa from the Ovid EMBASE database
North Africa_Cochrane Library_11_14_2022 This hedge is designed to retrieve studies related to North Africa from the Cochrane Library databases.

East Africa_Ovid MEDLINE 09_10_2018 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Eastern Africa from the Ovid MEDLINE database
Eastern Africa Ovid EMBASE 09_10_2018 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Eastern Africa from the Ovid EMBASE database
Eastern Africa _EBSCO CINAHL 03_06_2020 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Eastern Africa from the EBSCO CINAHL database
Eastern Africa Ovid Global Health 09_10_ 2018 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Eastern Africa from the Ovid Global Health database
Eastern_Afirca_Ovid_ ERIC 01_20_2022 (UofA researchers use ERIC on EBSCO) This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Eastern Africa from the Ovid ERIC database. UofA no longer subscribes to ERIC on OVID. Instead use ERIC on EBSCO.
Eastern Africa_Cochrane LIbrary_11_14_2022 This hedge is designed to retrieve studies related to Eastern Africa from the Cochrane Library databases.

West Africa_EBSCO_CINAHL 09_10_2018 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Western Africa from the EBSCO CINAHL database.
West Africa_Ovid_EMBASE 03_14_2017 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Western Africa from the Ovid EMBASE database.
West Africa_Ovid_MEDLINE_09_19_2021 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Western Africa from the Ovid MEDLINE database.
West_Afirca_Ovid_Global_Health 09_10_2018 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Western Africa from the Ovid Global Health database.
Western Africa_Cochrane Library_11_14_2022 This hedge is designed to retrieve studies related to Western Africa from the Cochrane Library databases.

Middle Africa_Ovid_MEDLINE 09_19_2021 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Middle Africa from the Ovid MEDLINE database.
Middle Africa_Ovid_EMBASE 03_07_2017 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Middle Africa from the Ovid EMBASE database
Middle Africa_Cochrane Library_11_14_2022 This hedge is designed to retrieve studies related to Middle Africa from the Cochrane Library databases.

Southern Africa Ovid EMBASE 03_14_2017 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Southern Africa from the Ovid EMBASE database
Southern Africa_EBSCO CINAHL 09_10_2018 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Southern Africa from the EBSCO CINAHL database
Southern Africa_Ovid MEDLINE 03_07_2017 This filter is designed to retrieve studies related to Southern Africa from the Ovid MEDLINE database
Southern Africa_Cochrane Library_11_14_2022 This hedge is designed to retrieve studies related to Southern Africa from the Cochrane Library databases.