Health Facilities in Haiti from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap provides a volunteer-contributed map of health facilities across Haiti, including hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies. The dataset is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and is available in multiple geospatial formats like GeoPackage and GeoJSON. Completeness of the data varies, with urban areas likely being more thoroughly mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Mapping healthcare service gaps based on facility locations and types.
• Planning emergency medical response routes based on the spatial distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Analyzing population access to pharmacies and doctors using geospatial proximity.

Strengths

• Data is available in six geospatial formats, including GeoPackage and GeoJSON.
• Facility types are categorized using the established OpenStreetMap tagging system for `amenity` and `healthcare`.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data completeness varies by region, with remote areas likely being less complete than urban centers.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:10:48.473691; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Haiti