Online only Table 1.
Country | Sources of database | Year | MFL available online & geocoded | MFL available online & not geocoded | Maps available online & digitized | Total number of health facilities assembled (% geocoded) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angola | • Personal communication | 2013 & 2017 | N | N | N | 1,575 (91) | Non-hospitals (Lower level facilities) data missing in 10 provinces; 140 missing coordinates |
Benin |
• (https://docplayer.fr/75764654-Republique-du-benin-ministere-de-la-sante.html) • Personal communication |
2017 2014 |
N | N | Y | 819 (100) | |
Botswana | • (http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries–Authorities/Ministries/MinistryofHealth-MOH/About-MOH/About-MOH/) | 2015 | N | Y | N | 624 (96) | 22 missing coordinates |
Burkina Faso |
• (http://www.cns.bf/IMG/pdf/carte_sanitaire_2010.pdf) • Personal communication |
2012 2012 |
N | N | Y | 1,721 (100) | |
Burundi | • (https://insp.bi/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Rapport-FOSA-d%C3%A9finitif-final-23-01-2014.pdf) | 2016 | Y | N | N | 665 (100) | |
Cameroon |
• (https://www.dhis-minsante-cm.org/portal/) • Personal communication |
2017 2014 |
N | N | Y | 3,061 (99) | 42 missing coordinates |
Cape Verde |
2016 2016 |
N | N | Y | 66 (98) | 1 missing coordinate | |
Central African Republic |
• (https://www.healthsites.io/) • Personal communication |
2018 2014 |
Y | N | N | 555 (98) | 10 missing coordinates |
Chad |
• (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/chad-gis-geodatabase) • Personal communication |
2013 2016 2013 |
N | Y | N | 1,283 (96) | 54 missing coordinates |
Comoros | • (https://docplayer.fr/29010911-Profil-du-systeme-de-sante.html) | 2016 | N | Y | N | 66 (98) | 1 missing coordinate |
Congo | • Personal communication | 2014 | N | N | N | 328 (98) | 7 missing coordinates |
Cote d’Ivoire |
• (http://www.synamepci.org/synamep/doc/CARTE_SANITAIRE/CARTE_SANITAIRE_2010_22.02.12.VF.pdf) • Personal communication |
2014 2014 |
N | N | Y | 1792 (99) | 25 missing coordinates |
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) |
• Personal communication • (https://web-archive.lshtm.ac.uk/www.linkmalaria.org/sites/link/files/content/country/profiles/DRC%20Final%20Report%20June%20(240614).pdf) • (http://www.finddiagnostics.org/programs/hat-ond/hat/health_facilities.html) |
2014, 2017, 2018 2014 2013 |
N | N | N | 14,586 (100) | |
Djibouti |
• (http://www.sante.gouv.dj/Carte%20sanitaires.htm) • (http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s17292e/s17292e.pdf) |
2012 2016 |
N | N | Y | 66 (98) | 1 missing coordinate |
Equatorial Guinea | • Personal communication |
2017 2017 |
N | N | Y | 47 (100) | |
Eritrea |
• (https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2017-05/eritrea-health-mdgs-report-2014.pdf) • Personal communication |
2014 2016 |
N | N | Y | 269 (100) | |
eSwatini |
• (https://www.shbcare.org/docs/SAM.pdf) • Published paper31 • Personal communication |
2018 2014 2013 |
N | N | Y | 135 (98) | 3 missing coordinates |
Ethiopia |
• Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency43 • (https://ideas.lshtm.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Berhanu_DIPH_Ethiopia_17Sept2013.pdf) |
2015 2015 |
N | N | Y | 5,215 (99) | 39 missing coordinates |
Gabon |
• (http://csgabon.info/file/f2/Annuaire%20statistique%20sante%202011.pdf) • Personal communication |
2011 2013 |
N | N | Y | 542 (98) | 10 missing coordinates |
Gambia | 2015 | N | Y | N | 103 (98) | 2 missing coordinates | |
Ghana | (http://data.gov.gh/dataset/health-facilities) | 2017 | Y | N | N | 1,960 (96) | 82 missing coordinates |
Guinea | (https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org/dataset/health-centers-data-base) | 2015 | Y | N | N | 1,746 (87) | 225 missing coordinates |
Guinea-Bissau | • Google Earth44 | 2017 | N | N | Y | 8 (100) | Only hospitals data available |
Kenya |
• (http://kmhfl.health.go.ke/) • (https://hiskenya.org/dhis-web-commons/security/login.action) |
2016 2016 2004, 2009 |
N | Y | N | 6,146 (98) | 102 missing coordinates |
Lesotho |
• (http://www.chal.org.ls/hospitals.php) • (https://www.hfgproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Lesotho-Health-Systems-Assessment-2010.pdf) |
2016 2016 |
N | Y | N | 117 (92) | 9 missing coordinates |
Liberia |
• (https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org/dataset/health-facilities-liberia-oct-2014) |
2015 2016 |
Y | N | N | 740 (100) | |
Madagascar | • Personal communication | 2012 | N | N | N | 2,677 (99) | 13 missing coordinates |
Malawi |
• (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/malawi-health) • (http://www.cham.org.mw/uploads/7/3/0/8/73088105/cham_health_facilities_-_1_june_2016.pdf) • Personal communication |
2017 2016 2013 |
Y | N | N | 648 (99) | 9 missing coordinates |
Mali |
• (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/mali-healthsites) • (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/mali-healthsites/resource/e152bb47-e14c-471c-b47d-0cc93da531db) • (http://www.washclustermali.org/sites/default/files/micro-coordination_wash_dans_cscoms_et_csrefs_19-02-2013.xls) |
2017 2016 2017 |
Y | N | N | 1478 (98) | 30 missing coordinates |
Mauritania | • (http://cartesanitairemauritanie.blogspot.com/) | 2017 | N | N | Y | 645 (100) | 50 missing facility names |
Mauritius | • (http://health.govmu.org/English/Pages/default.aspx) | 2018 | N | N | Y | 166 (100) | |
Mozambique |
• (http://sis-ma.in/?page_id=740) • Personal communication |
2017 2013 |
Y | N | N | 1,579 (100) | |
Namibia | • (https://mfl.mhss.gov.na/location-manager/locations) | 2018 | Y | N | N | 369 (97) | 10 clinics missing coordinates |
Niger |
• (http://www.who.int/hac/crises/ner/maps/ne_poster.jpg?ua=1) • Personal communication |
2017 2013 |
N | N | Y | 2,886 (98) | 46 missing coordinates |
Nigeria |
• (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/nigeria-healthsites) • Personal communication |
2016 2012 |
Y | N | N | 20,807 (95) | 1,114 missing coordinates |
Rwanda |
• Personal communication |
2017 2014 |
Y | N | N | 572 (100) | |
São Tomé & Príncipe | • (https://repositorio.hff.min-saude.pt/bitstream/10400.10/440/1/Apresentacao%201.pdf) | 2016 | N | N | Y | 50 (100) | Facility names missing except for hospitals |
Senegal |
• (http://www.sante.gouv.sn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/cartesanonze.pdf) • Personal communication |
2017 2015 |
N | Y | N | 1,347 (93) | 91 missing coordinates |
Seychelles | • (https://www.seychellespromo.com/guide/Medical) | 2018 | N | Y | N | 18 (100) | |
Sierra Leone | • (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/health-facilities-in-guinea-liberia-mali-and-sierra-leone/resource/816718bb-4929-49f0-854d-85b24a0bdb69) | 2017 | Y | N | N | 1,120 (100) | |
Somalia |
• (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/somalia-health-facilities)(https://reliefweb.int/map/somalia/somalia-functioning-health-facilities-april-june-2013) • UNICEF & WHO report45 |
2016 2013 2013 |
Y | N | N | 879 (96) | 39 missing coordinates |
South Africa |
• (https://dd.dhmis.org/orgunits.html?file=NIDS%20Integrated&source=nids) • Personal communication |
2017 2017 |
Y | N | N | 4,303 (99) | 15 missing coordinates |
South Sudan | • (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/south-sudan-health) | 2017 | Y | N | N | 1,747 (99) | 13 missing coordinates |
Sudan | • Personal communication | 2016 | N | N | N | 272 (96) | Only hospitals data available; 10 missing coordinates |
Tanzania (mainland) | • (http://hfrportal.ehealth.go.tz/index.php?r=facilities/facilitiesList) | 2018 | Y | N | N | 6,304 (100) | |
Togo |
• (www.stat-togo.org/nada/index.php/catalog/29/download/990) |
2017 2017 |
N | Y | N | 207 (85) | 31 missing coordinates |
Uganda |
• (http://library.health.go.ug/publications/health-infrastructure-physical-infrastructure/health-facility-inventory) • Personal communication |
2018 2017 |
N | Y | N | 3,792 (97) | 115 missing coordinates |
Zambia |
• (http://www.moh.gov.zm/docs/facilities.pdf) • Personal communication |
2017 2012 |
N | Y | N | 1,263 (99) | 4 missing coordinates |
Zanzibar |
• (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjNrNDQ7cXiAhURzoUKHRsRCm8QFjAAegQIBBAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftanzania.um.dk%2F~%2Fmedia%2FTanzania%2FDocuments%2FHealth%2FZanzibar%2520Strategic%2520Plan%252014%2520-%252018.pdf%3Fla%3Den&usg=AOvVaw3VMLPmQGTMK3Ftm02R_NqP) • Personal communication |
2013 2013 |
N | N | Y | 145 (100) | |
Zimbabwe |
2016 2017 2017 |
Y | N | N | 1,236 (97) | 35 missing coordinates |
Note: Abbreviations MFL - Master Facility List; INGO - Inter-Governmental Organization; WHO - World Health Organization; UNOCHA HDX- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Humanitarian Data Exchange; HMIS - Health Management Information System; UNICEF - United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.