Appendix 1: Links to Data Sources and Tools for Creating Health Catchment Area Geospatial Databases.
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Source
Description
Link
Health Facility Lists
The Global Healthsites mapping project
Healthsites.io is building a baseline of health facility data with OpenStreetMap
https://healthsites.io/map
https://data.humdata.org/organization/healthsites
https://github.com/healthsites/healthsites/wiki/API
Common Geo-Registry (CGR)
Master and non-master list of health facilities obtained through government and commercial partnerships.
HeRAMS
Ensures that core information on essential health resources and services is readily available to decision makers at country, regional and global levels.
Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
Master list of health facilities developed government and non-government sources from 50 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
GRID3 Health Facility Cleaning
Boundary Data and Common Operational Datasets
Second Administrative Level Boundaries
This program aims to collect, compile, and manage a homogenous global repository on administrative boundaries and their names from authoritative sources such as the National Geospatial Information Authorities.
GRID3
Boundary data
HDX
Database of countries with existing CODs published on OCHA
geoBoundaries
An open, free, and research-ready database of political administrative boundaries.
Population Estimates
WorldPop
WorldPop provides an open access archive of spatial demographic datasets to support development, disaster response and health applications.
GRID3
Gridded population estimates