Jamaican Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap for Gap Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide locations of hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists across Jamaica. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness likely varies, with urban areas better mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service accessibility based on facility locations.
• Plan emergency response logistics using the geospatial network of hospitals and clinics.
• Identify potential healthcare coverage gaps by cross-referencing facility density with population data.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Includes a variety of health facility types tagged via OpenStreetMap's `amenity` and `healthcare` keys.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:49:19.892467; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jamaica