Health Facilities in Somalia from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide health facility locations tagged by volunteers. Amenity and healthcare tags identify hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access gaps based on facility location data
• Plan emergency response logistics based on hospital and clinic locations
• Map pharmacy and doctor distribution for public health planning

Strengths

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

Limitations

• 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer tagging and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:57:36.026367

Geography

Somalia