Benin Healthsites: Operating Health Facilities with Location Data

Benin Healthsites lists operating health facilities in Benin. Attributes include facility name, nature, activities, and geographic coordinates. The dataset is provided by the Global Healthsites Mapping Project and was last updated on June 11, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare facility distribution based on latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Analyze types of health services available based on the 'Nature of Facility' and 'Activities' attributes.
• Calculate population access to healthcare based on facility locations.

Strengths

• Includes geographic coordinates (Lat, Long) for spatial analysis.
• License is ODbL-1.0, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (SHP, GEOJSON, CSV).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Global Healthsites Mapping Project

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-11 11:57:23.809764; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Benin