Table 1. Availability of official health master facility lists (MFL) or similar for African countries.
| Country | iso3c | Official
MFL accessible online |
Data freely
downloadable |
Data
machine readable |
Data
format |
Downloaded
data geocoded |
MFL
satisfies criteria for inclusion |
Reason not
included |
Health facility data URL | About page URL | Alternative health
facilities data source |
Last
updated |
Owner | License | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | DZA | no | yes | no | no | no | not machine
readable |
http://www.sante.gov.dz/media/
arisoft/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file= http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sante.gov. dz%2Fimages%2Fpdf%2Fbulletins- officiels%2Fdoc%2Fetablissements -assurant-urgences.pdf |
http://www.sante.gov.dz/
direction-generale-des- services-de-sante/305- etablissements-assurant- les-urgences.html |
No date | Minsitry of
Health |
List of establishments
providing emergency services from MoH - shows number of beds, services |
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| Angola | AGO | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Benin | BEN | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Botswana | BWA | no | yes | no | no | no | not machine
readable |
http://168.167.134.123/en-gb/
Documents/Ministry%20of%20Lo cal%20Government%20and%20 Rural%20Development/MLGRD. Botswana%20Health%20Facilities. |
http://168.167.134.123/
en-gb/documents/ forms/allitems. aspx?rootfolder=/ en-gb/documents/ ministry+of+local+gove rnment+and+rural+dev elopment&folderctid=0 x01200000a87b983a65 ee4d9990244866d171 62&view=%7B62234187- 4a34-4517-b7fb- f84f2c89cd12%7D |
2012 | Ministry
of Local Government and Rural Development |
very limited information
(updated 2012 - was valid until 2014) |
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| Burkina Faso | BFA | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Burundi | BDI | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Cameroon | CMR | no | yes | no | no | no | not machine
readable |
https://www.dhis-minsante-cm.org/
portal/index.html |
http://cis-minsante.cm/ |
https://data.
ehealthafrica. org/resource/f6281f48- f325-4f4a-8559-68a54 cc8a6ad?dataset=ca meroon-health-facilities |
2016 | Ministry of
Health |
Very low resolution PDF
maps with limited detail - work funded through B&M Gates, CDC & WHO |
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| Cape Verde | CPV | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
|
Central
African Republic |
CAF | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Chad | TCD | no | no | no | no | not official MFL |
https://data.ehealthafrica.
org/resource/ac242db9-fd08-4ec4- ac13-2d0d39d89bf6?dataset=chad -health-facilities |
https://data.ehealthafrica.
org/resource/ac242db9- fd08-4ec4-ac13-2d0d3 9d89bf6?dataset=chad- health-facilities |
https://data.humdata.
org/dataset/chad-list- of-health-facilities-and- health-districts |
2019 | eHealth
Africa |
Hosted by eHealth Africa | |||
| Comoros | COM | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
|
Democratic
Republic of the Congo |
COD | no | no | yes | Excel | yes | no | not
downloadable |
https://front-office-resources.s3.eu-
west-1.amazonaws.com/usaid_ihp. xlsx |
https://suivi-evaluation.
ihp-prosani.com/ |
2019 | Ministry of
Health |
CC-BY | Data not downloadable
(error) |
|
| Djibouti | DJI | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Egypt | EGY | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
|
Equatorial
Guinea |
GNQ | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Eritrea | ERI | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Ethiopia | ETH | no | yes | yes | SHP | yes | no | not official MFL |
https://data.humdata.org/
dataset/679984dc-2e48-42a5- 9a2d-9135d8aad307/resource/ edc6b359-054f-4027-b1af- 2e8d34a0b28f/download/health_ facility.zip |
https://data.humdata.
org/dataset/ethiopia- health |
2018 | OCHA
Ethiopia |
Custom License | Data sourced from
Ethiopian Ministry of Health, contributed by OCHA, hosted on HDX |
|
| Gabon | GAB | no | no | no | no | not
downloadable |
http://www.cnamgs.ga/anciensite/
localhost/wp/les-etablissements- agrees-par-la-cnamgs/hopitaux- cliniques-et-centres-de-soins- agrees-par-la-cnamgs/index.html |
No date | National
Health Insurance and Social Guarantee Fund |
National Health Insurance
and Social Guarantee Fund - list of approved hospitals |
|||||
| Gambia | GMB | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Ghana | GHA | unclear | yes | yes | CSV | yes | no | not clearly
labelled as official MFL |
https://data.gov.gh/sites/default/
files/harvest_resources/HEALTH% 2520FACILITIES%2520IN%2520G HANA.csv |
https://data.gov.gh/
dataset/health-facilities |
2016 | Ghana
Open Data Initiative |
Open Data
Commons Open Database License (ODbL) |
Part of the Ghana Open
Data Initiative |
|
| Guinea | GIN | no | yes | yes | CSV | yes | no | not official MFL |
https://data.humdata.
org/dataset/300784da-ea33- 41a5-abd9-160915d33fb7/ resource/3d5e7ab6-5164-457d- bcc8-3cc1aa9b01aa/download/ structures_de_sante_guinee_vf.csv |
https://data.humdata.
org/dataset/structures_ de_sante_guinee_vf |
2020 | Ocha Guinea | CC0 (Public
Domain) |
Data sourced from
Guinea Ministry of Health, contributed by OCHA, hosted on HDX |
|
|
Guinea
Bissau |
GNB | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | CIV | no | yes | no | no | no | not machine
readable |
https://dipe.info/index.php/fr/
documentation/cartes-sanitaire/ send/3-carte-sanitaire/2-carte- sanitaire-de-la-cote-d-ivoire |
https://data.humdata.
org/dataset/health- facilities-2012 |
2008 | Département
Informatique et Santé |
PDF in French - tables
with health facility information found from page 56 |
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| Kenya | KEN | yes | yes | yes | Excel | no | yes | included |
http://kmhfl.health.go.ke/#/facility_
filter/results |
http://kmhfl.health.
go.ke/#/home |
No date | Ministry of
Health |
Full dataset is geocoded
as a map visualisation is available, but downloaded spreadsheet does not contain coordinates |
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| Lesotho | LSO | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Liberia | LBR | no | yes | no | no | no | not machine
readable |
https://www.lisgis.net/pg_img/
Health%20Facilities%20by%20Cou nty%20and%20District.pdf |
https://www.lisgis.
net/page_info.php?&7d5f 44532cbfc489b8db9e12 e44eb820=MzY3 |
https://data.humdata.
org/dataset/health- facilities-liberia-oct- 2014 |
2012 | Liberia
Institute of Statistics & Geo- Information Services |
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| Libya | LBY | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Madagascar | MDG | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Malawi | MWI | yes | yes | yes | Excel | yes | yes | included |
http://zipatala.health.gov.
mw/facilities |
http://zipatala.health.gov.
mw/about |
No date | Ministry of
Health |
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| Mali | MLI | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Mauritania | MRT | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Morocco | MAR | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Mozambique | MOZ | yes | no | yes | Google
Sheet |
yes | no | permission
needed to download |
https://docs.google.com/
spreadsheets/d/1O8UUKnwH- XUZo7UJHVD-TpSm _7YQ3mJlqyQ8PqMcN84/pubhtml# |
http://sis-ma.in/?page_
id=1085 |
No date | Ministry of
Health |
Google Sheet - needs
permission to get access to original spreadsheet although (broken) link exists to download as ODS format |
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| Namibia | NAM | yes | yes | yes | JSON | yes | yes | included |
https://mfl.mhss.gov.na/api/
facilities.json |
https://mfl.mhss.gov.
na/pages/about |
2020 | Ministry of
Health |
Facility list in Excel
provides access to basic data but API provides access to rich data |
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| Niger | NER | no | no | no | no | not
downloadable |
https://data.ehealthafrica.
org/resource/18ac9d25- 940e-4824-a468-a6ac1 d610b08?dataset=niger- republic-health-facilities |
2019 | eHealth
Africa |
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| Nigeria | NGA | yes | no | Unsure (Have
to request a key to download data but didn't receive one) |
no | permission
needed to download (request not answered) |
https://hfr.health.gov.ng/download/
facilities |
https://hfr.health.gov.
ng/about-us |
https://data.
ehealthafrica.org/ resource/76506359- d2c5-4f12-b9b0- 4bee9dda2a33?dat aset=nigeria-health- care-facilities-primary- secondary-and-tertiary |
2020 | Ministry of
Health |
Facility list can be
downloaded after completing a short form stating purpose of data download etc. Have tried twice but verification code for download isn't sent to email. Reached out to their contact email address but did not have a response. |
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|
Republic of
Congo |
COG | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Rwanda | RWA | yes | yes | yes | CSV | yes | yes | included |
https://moh.gov.rw/index.
php?id=547 |
https://moh.gov.rw/index.
php?id=547 |
No date | Ministry of
Health |
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|
Sao Tome
and Principe |
STP | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Senegal | SEN | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | SLE | no | yes | yes | Excel | yes | no | not official MFL |
https://data.humdata.org/
dataset/7453fb80-752b-4078-a892- d936f9846dab/resource/f78dc606- 04e2-4fb6-a7eb-9eb995c33f76/ download/1501-sierra-leone-health- centers.xlsx |
https://data.humdata.org/
dataset/141121-sierra- leone-health-facilities |
2015 | Standby Task
Force |
Creative Commons
Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations |
The list comes from a
variety of MOH sources in the field and not from the MOH at national level. Collected by the Standby Task Force and hosted on HDX |
|
| Somalia | SOM | no | yes | yes | SHP | yes | no | not official MFL |
https://data.humdata.
org/dataset/b4fc93c9-8323- 4357-9f9f-5a22cdebca83/ resource/428bd8c0-8212-42c4- 922c-3c5f9a84ea20/download/ somalia-health-facilities.zip |
https://data.humdata.
org/dataset/somalia- health-facilities |
2018 | FAO SWALIM | CC0 (Public
Domain) |
Data from FAO SWALIM
hosted on HDX |
|
| South Africa | ZAF | unclear | yes | yes | CSV | yes | no | not clearly
labelled as official MFL |
https://dd.dhmis.org/orgunits.
html?file=NIDS%20Integrated&sour ce=nids&ver=1c11 |
https://dd.dhmis.
org/index.html |
2019 | Ministry of
Health |
Download facility list by
clicking on Download and selecting up to level 5 |
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| South Sudan | SSD | yes | yes | yes | CSV | yes | yes | included |
https://www.southsudanhealth.
info/facility/fac. php?list&s=0&p=0&ps=2889 |
https://www.
southsudanhealth.info/ |
No date | Ministry of
Health |
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| Sudan | SDN | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Eswatini | SWZ | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Togo | TGO | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Tunisia | TUN | unclear | yes | yes | JSON | no | no | not clearly
labelled as official MFL |
http://fr-api.data.gov.
tn/api/1.0/dataset/586f67d4ea9cd/ search?from=0&size=10 |
http://fr.data.gov.tn/27-a-
propos.htm |
Ministry of
Health |
Custom Open
License |
Four separate downloads:
Centre de Soins de Santé de Base (Basic health care centre)Cabinet Medical Individuel (Individual medical office)Établissement de Santé Publique (Public health establishment)Hôpital de District (District hospital) |
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| Uganda | UGA | yes | yes | no | no | no | not machine
readable |
https://health.go.ug/sites/default/
files/Signed%20n%20final%20mfl. |
https://www.health.go.ug/
cause/national-health- facility-master-list-2018/ |
2018 | Ministry of
Health |
PDF report. Facility lists
per region starts on page 24 |
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|
United
Republic of Tanzania |
TZA | yes | yes | yes | Excel | yes | yes | included |
http://hfrportal.moh.go.tz/index.
php?r=facilities/exportToExcel& url=https%3A%2F%2Fresource map.instedd.org%2Fapi%2Fco llections%2F409.json%3Fpage %3Dall%26box%3D-180%2C- 90%2C179.99%2C90%26Admin_d iv%5Bunder%5D%3DTZ%26hum an%3Dtrue&report_title=List_of_ Facilities_with_Geo |
http://hfrportal.moh.
go.tz/index.php?r=page/ index&page_ name=about_page |
2020 | Ministry of
Health |
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|
Western
Sahara |
ESH | no | no | not available | |||||||||||
| Zambia | ZMB | yes | yes | yes | CSV | yes | yes | included |
https://raw.githubusercontent.
com/MOH-Zambia/MFL/master/ geography/data/facility_list.csv |
https://github.com/MOH-
Zambia/MFL/ |
2019 | Ministry of
Health |
Github repository with
raw data |
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| Zimbabwe | ZWE | no | no | No (full physical
address is available) |
no | not
downloadable |
No date | Health
Professions Authority Zimbabwe |
Quite complete list
from health professions authority. not downloadable |