UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) provides a dataset measuring the percentage of health care facilities with basic hand hygiene services. The data, last updated on 2026-03-26, tracks the availability of functional handwashing facilities at points of care and near toilets. It is available in CSV and XML formats under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking hygiene service coverage across regions based on the reported percentage metric.
- Modeling correlations between facility hygiene services and health outcomes based on the indicator data.
- Tracking progress towards WASH infrastructure targets in health care settings based on the availability of soap, water, or hand rub.
- Identifying geographical disparities in basic hygiene service provision based on the facility-level indicator.
Strengths
- Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), an authoritative source for global child and health indicators.
- The dataset is updated with a specific timestamp: 2026-03-26 09:44:02.361803.
- Available in two common, machine-readable formats: CSV and XML.
- 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 or sub-national administrative reporting systems.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-26 09:44:02.361803; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
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