Health Facilities in Congo from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on health facilities in Congo, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. The data was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial access to healthcare services based on facility locations.
• Plan emergency response logistics based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Identify geographic gaps in healthcare coverage for resource allocation.

Strengths

• Covers multiple facility types: hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative mapping project.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 2026-05-14 11:40:07.260351

Geography

Congo