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From: Putting health facilities on the map: a renewed call to create geolocated, comprehensive, updated, openly licensed dataset of health facilities in sub-Saharan African countries

Fig. 2

An illustration of the value of a comprehensive health facility database (HFDB). Data is based on openly accessible HFDB [34] for Bula Pesa ward (subnational unit) in Isiolo County, Kenya. Facilities with a population overlay show potential underserved areas (A). However, facility ownership (B), bed capacity (C), and higher-level facilities (F) are skewed towards private-for-profit facilities with implications on where the poorest live. Basic obstetric care (BMOC) facilities shown in D, key in the reduction of preventable maternal deaths. The date the facility was approved and became operational (E) shows that historically, many facilities were in the south and more recently private facilities opening in the northeast area

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