Senegal Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap for Service Access Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide health facility locations across Senegal, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data via volunteer mapping, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access based on facility location and type.
• Plan emergency response routes based on hospital and clinic locations.
• Identify healthcare coverage gaps based on the spatial distribution of amenities.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly includes facilities tagged as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

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 23:38:08.661014; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Senegal