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. 2019 Jul 25;6:134. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0142-2

Online only Table 1.

Description of data sources, including personal communication, by country and year data acquired and total number of public health facilities assembled for each country. The data sources are listed chronologically with the main data sources listed first. Notes indicate details of the final state of the health facility list in each country after data cleaning, abstraction and geocoding.

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

• (https://www.minsaude.gov.cv/index.php/documentosite/238-plano-nacional-de-desenvolvimento-sanitario-vol-i/file)

• (http://www.caboverde-info.com/Sociedade)

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://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/tcd_rpt_annuairesstatistiquessanitaires_ministeresante_2013.pdf)

• (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

• (http://www.moh.gov.gm/public)

• (https://www.mindbank.info/item/5970)

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)

• Published papers10,32

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)

• (https://www.lisgis.net/index.php)

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

• (https://hmis.moh.gov.rw/)

• 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)

• (https://www.feuvert-dev.org/uploads/files/Rapport%20de%20mission%20Coordinatrice%20AlterSant_%20-%20partenaires.pdf)

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

• (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/zimbabwe-health)

• (http://www.tarsc.org/publications/documents/REBUILD%20Gap%20Analysis%20Survey%20Rep%20Final%20Nov%202014.pdf)

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.