Healthcare Facility Hygiene Service Coverage Indicator Data

Proportion of healthcare facilities with functional hand hygiene facilities available either at points of care or toilets but not both. The dataset is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) and 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

• Monitor the availability of hand hygiene facilities in healthcare settings based on the described indicator.
• Identify gaps in WASH infrastructure where facilities lack both point-of-care and toilet hygiene services.
• Assess progress towards global health and hygiene targets using the proportion metric.
• Compare hygiene service coverage across different regions or healthcare facility types.

Strengths

• Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), an authoritative source.
• Last updated on March 26, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.
• Available in multiple structured formats (CSV, 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)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 10:07:40.022855