Health Facilities in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from OpenStreetMap

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha health facility data exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes locations of hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists tagged via `amenity` or `healthcare` keys. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains the export, which was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service access gaps based on facility type and location.
• Plan emergency response logistics based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Analyze the density of pharmacies and doctors relative to population centers.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple facility types including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:43:24.379791; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha