UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) provides a dataset on the proportion of healthcare facilities with basic waste management services, last updated on 2026-03 26. The data measures the percentage of facilities where waste is safely segregated into at least three bins and sharps and infectious waste are treated and disposed of safely. It is available in CSV and XML formats under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.
Use Cases
- Benchmark national healthcare waste management performance based on reported service proportions.
- Model correlations between waste management services and public health outcomes based on facility-level indicators.
- Track progress towards sanitation and hygiene (WASH) targets in healthcare settings based on UNICEF indicators.
Strengths
- Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), an authoritative source for global health indicators.
- The dataset has a specific update timestamp (2026-03-26 09:06:49.107411).
- It is released under a permissive CC-BY-3.0-IGO 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.
- The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from national reporting systems or surveys.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-26 09:06:49.107411; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
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