Global Health Facility Cleaning Service Indicators from UNICEF

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) provides a dataset measuring the proportion of health care facilities with established cleaning protocols and/or staff trained in cleaning. The data was last updated on March 26, 2026. It is available in CSV and XML formats under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Assess global WASH compliance in healthcare based on the presence of cleaning protocols.
• Monitor staff training coverage for infection prevention and control.
• Model correlations between facility cleaning services and health outcomes.
• Benchmark national or regional performance on hygiene infrastructure indicators.

Strengths

• Data is provided by UNICEF, an authoritative UN agency.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded (2026-03-26 09:49:00.150585).
• Available in two structured, machine-readable formats (CSV and XML).

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.
• 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 surveys or facility assessments.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:49:00.150585; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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