Health Facilities in Guinea-Bissau from OpenStreetMap

Guinea-Bissau's health facilities exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes locations tagged as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled the data, which was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access based on facility locations and types.
• Plan emergency response routes based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Map healthcare infrastructure gaps by comparing facility density across regions.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Explicitly includes facilities tagged as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are likely better mapped than remote areas.
• 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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:11:03.317948.

Geography

Guinea-Bissau