Health Facilities

Title: Health Facilities
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Abstract: These are data about health facilities in Tanzania. This data contains dispensaries, health centres, district hospitals and regional referral hospitals. The data is managed by the Ministry responsible for Regional Administration and Local Government which is currently located in the President’s office (PO-RALG). Most of these facilities are wholly owned by the government. Other health facilities are owned by religious institutions, private persons and NGO's. These data were collected i...
Publication Date: Jan. 12, 2020, 4:35 a.m.
Type: Vector Data
Keywords: Facilities , features , Health , health_facilities , Health Facilities
Category: Health; health, health services, human ecology, and safety. Examples: disease and illness, factors affecting health, hygiene, substance abuse, mental and physical health, health services
Regions: East Africa , United Republic of Tanzania
Owner: guidouhinga
Group: RISK PROFILES

Maintenance Frequency: Data Is Updated As Deemed Necessary
Restrictions: These data should not be used for any other activity or project without permission from the Ministry of responsible for Regional Administration and Local Government or the Ministry of Health - Tanzania.
Purpose: These data were prepared to show the location and other related information about Health facilities in Tanzania. This is aimed at assisting decision-maker...
Language: English
Data Quality: These data were prepared in 2015 by the President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG). They are being updated regularly as new health facility is constructed and operationalised.
Supplemental Information: No information provided
Spatial Representation Type: vector data is used to represent geographic data

Attribute Name	Label	Description	Range	Average	Median	Standard Deviation
Facility_N	Facility Number	Number given to the health facility	NA
Common_Nam	Common Name	Name of the health facility	NA
Region	Region	Administrative unit formed by a number of districts or councils	NA
Council	Council	Administrative unit smaller than a region but in some cases, it is equivalent to a district.	NA
Ward	Ward	Administrative unit smaller than a district. several wards form a district.	NA
Village_St	Village or Street	Administrative unit which a number of them makes a ward	NA
Facility_T	Facility Type	Type of the facility . E,g Hospital, Dispensary etc	NA
Ownership	Ownership	The organisation that owns the health facility	NA
Latitude	Latitude	Location data	NA	-5.86	-5.87	2.67
Longitude	Longitude	location data	NA	35.51	35.59	2.74

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