Operating Health Facilities in Niger with Location and Activity Data

A list of operating health facilities in Niger, created by the Global Healthsites Mapping Project and last updated on 2026-06-11. The dataset includes attributes such as facility name, nature, activities, and geographic coordinates. It is available in multiple geospatial and tabular file formats under an Open Database License.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare facility locations and service gaps based on latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Analyze the distribution of facility types (e.g., clinics, hospitals) based on the 'Nature of Facility' attribute.
• Assess the range of services available in a region based on the 'Activities' field.

Strengths

• Includes geographic coordinates (Lat, Long) for spatial analysis.
• Available in multiple interoperable formats (SHP, CSV, GEOJSON).
• Published under a permissive ODbL-1.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026-06-11).

Provenance

Source

Global Healthsites Mapping Project

Collection Method

Likely gathered through mapping and surveying efforts.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-11 16:49:19.063175

Geography

Niger