Health Facilities in Antigua and Barbuda from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap health facility data for Antigua and Barbuda, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes locations tagged as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. It was last updated on 2026-05-13.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial access to healthcare services based on facility locations.
• Map gaps in healthcare coverage for resource allocation based on facility types.
• Plan emergency response routes and resource distribution based on hospital and clinic locations.

Strengths

• Covers multiple facility types including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via tags for `amenity` or `healthcare`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 23:50:37.096668

Geography

Antigua and Barbuda