Health Facility Registry

Name: Ghana Health Facility Registry
Creator: Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A curated register of Ghanaian health facilities — hospitals, clinics, health centres and CHPS compounds — with ownership, type and coordinates, compiled from ministry lists rather than from mapping. A different view from the OpenStreetMap layer, and a useful cross-check against it. Sourced from Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0). 1960 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵29.001,960 recordsHealth

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
region	TEXT
name	TEXT
facility_type	TEXT
ownership	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(24,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(24,6)
coordinate_source	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Health Facility Registry
regionTEXT	nameTEXT	facility typeTEXT	ownershipTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(24,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(24,6)	coordinate sourceTEXT	sourceTEXT
Ashanti	A.M.E Zion Clinic	Clinic	FBO	7.408	-1.9632	GPS	Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
Ashanti	Aboabo Health Centre	Health Centre	MoH	6.2239	-1.3498	GPS	Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
Ashanti	Aboabogya Health Centre	Health Centre	MoH	6.8418	-1.611	Combination	Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
Ashanti	Aboaboso Community-based Health Planning and Services	Community-based Health Planning and Services	MoH	6.1746	-1.9304	Other	Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
Ashanti	Aboaso Health Centre	Health Centre	MoH	6.8418	-1.611	GPS	Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

regionTEXT	nameTEXT	facility typeTEXT	ownershipTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(24,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(24,6)	coordinate sourceTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-region-1	example-name-1	example-facility_type-1	example-ownership-1	10	10	example-coordinate_source-1	example-source-1
example-region-2	example-name-2	example-facility_type-2	example-ownership-2	20	20	example-coordinate_source-2	example-source-2
example-region-3	example-name-3	example-facility_type-3	example-ownership-3	30	30	example-coordinate_source-3	example-source-3
example-region-4	example-name-4	example-facility_type-4	example-ownership-4	40	40	example-coordinate_source-4	example-source-4
example-region-5	example-name-5	example-facility_type-5	example-ownership-5	50	50	example-coordinate_source-5	example-source-5
example-region-6	example-name-6	example-facility_type-6	example-ownership-6	60	60	example-coordinate_source-6	example-source-6
example-region-7	example-name-7	example-facility_type-7	example-ownership-7	70	70	example-coordinate_source-7	example-source-7
example-region-8	example-name-8	example-facility_type-8	example-ownership-8	80	80	example-coordinate_source-8	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_facility_registry

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 18, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Health facility registry (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/health-facility-registry

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_facility_registry?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_facility_registry?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_facility_registry",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Health Facility Registry

Field

Type

region

TEXT

name

TEXT

facility_type

TEXT

ownership

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(24,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(24,6)

coordinate_source

TEXT

source

TEXT

regionTEXT

nameTEXT

facility typeTEXT

ownershipTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(24,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(24,6)

coordinate sourceTEXT

sourceTEXT

Ashanti

A.M.E Zion Clinic

Clinic

FBO

7.408

-1.9632

GPS

Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

Ashanti

Aboabo Health Centre

Health Centre

MoH

6.2239

-1.3498

GPS

Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

Ashanti

Aboabogya Health Centre

Health Centre

MoH

6.8418

-1.611

Combination

Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

Ashanti

Aboaboso Community-based Health Planning and Services

Community-based Health Planning and Services

MoH

6.1746

-1.9304

Other

Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

Ashanti

Aboaso Health Centre

Health Centre

MoH

6.8418

-1.611

GPS

Health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

regionTEXT

nameTEXT

facility typeTEXT

ownershipTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(24,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(24,6)

coordinate sourceTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-region-1

example-name-1

example-facility_type-1

example-ownership-1

example-coordinate_source-1

example-source-1

example-region-2

example-name-2

example-facility_type-2

example-ownership-2

example-coordinate_source-2

example-source-2

example-region-3

example-name-3

example-facility_type-3

example-ownership-3

example-coordinate_source-3

example-source-3

example-region-4

example-name-4

example-facility_type-4

example-ownership-4

example-coordinate_source-4

example-source-4

example-region-5

example-name-5

example-facility_type-5

example-ownership-5

example-coordinate_source-5

example-source-5

example-region-6

example-name-6

example-facility_type-6

example-ownership-6

example-coordinate_source-6

example-source-6

example-region-7

example-name-7

example-facility_type-7

example-ownership-7

example-coordinate_source-7

example-source-7

example-region-8

example-name-8

example-facility_type-8

example-ownership-8

example-coordinate_source-8

example-source-8

How to cite

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_facility_registry?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_facility_registry?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_facility_registry",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]