Health Facility Locations and Attributes in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's operating health facilities are listed by the Global Healthsites Mapping Project. The dataset includes facility names, nature, activities, and geographic coordinates. It was last updated on June 11, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare facility distribution based on latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Analyze the types of services available based on the 'Activities' attribute.
• Assess the mix of public and private providers based on the 'Nature of Facility' attribute.
• Calculate distances to nearest health services for population studies using geographic coordinates.

Strengths

• Includes geographic coordinates (Lat, Long) for spatial analysis.
• Attributes describe facility type and services ('Nature of Facility', 'Activities').
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (SHP, GEOJSON, CSV).
• Has a clear, recent update timestamp (2026-06-11).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, limiting 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 12:24:50.804397; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Burkina Faso