DRC Walking Travel Time to Health Centers at 100-Meter Resolution

Democratic Republic of the Congo walking travel time in seconds to the nearest Level IV health facility. The dataset is a 100-meter resolution geotiff generated using the Child Poverty and Access to Services (CPAS) software as part of the Data for Children Collaborative. A full description is available via a linked DOI, and the data was last updated on March 9, 2026.

Use Cases

• Model healthcare service coverage based on walking travel time to facilities.
• Identify underserved regions for health infrastructure planning based on travel time estimates.
• Analyze the relationship between land cover types and healthcare access based on the described walking speed assumptions.

Strengths

• 100-meter spatial resolution provides detailed geographic granularity.
• Travel time is calculated for all roads, tracks, paths, and land cover types.
• Data is generated using a documented methodology (CPAS software) with a published description.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026-03 09).

Provenance

Source

Data for Children Collaborative

Collection Method

Generated using the Child Poverty and Access to Services (CPAS) software, calculating walking speeds across various terrain types.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-09 17:22:03.884825

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo