Tambacounda — Inviting Support
Building on the proven results of the Saint-Louis campaign, healthsites.io is preparing to bring the Emergency Health Mapping methodology to Tambacounda — one of Senegal's largest and most remote medical regions.
Tambacounda covers a vast area in eastern Senegal with a dispersed rural population and significant gaps in health facility data. Accurate, validated facility data here is essential for emergency planning, resource allocation, and equitable healthcare delivery.
Get in contact if you're interested in supporting this campaign — as a funder, partner, or volunteer.
Why Tambacounda
- Large, geographically dispersed medical region with limited data coverage
- Significant rural population with acute healthcare access challenges
- Active local OpenStreetMap community with geospatial capacity ready to mobilise
- Senegalese Ministry of Health engagement confirmed
- Directly aligned with SDG 3.8.1 — universal health coverage monitoring
What the Campaign Will Deliver
Following the same five-phase methodology proven in Saint-Louis:
- A complete census of all health facilities across the Tambacounda medical region
- GPS-verified locations, service inventories, and operational status for each facility
- Validated data uploaded to OpenStreetMap — permanently available to any organisation
- A trained cohort of local OSM validators with ongoing data stewardship capacity
- Decision-support maps and reports for the Ministry of Health
- Formal engagement with the National Statistics Office on data interoperability from the outset
Budget
The total campaign budget is €60,000, covering four months of activity across all five phases. This includes Human-Centred Design workshops, data audit and reconciliation, geospatial training, field validation, and data publication.
Get Involved
healthsites.io welcomes funders, partners, and organisations that share a commitment to open health data and equitable access to health services.
Partner — co-govern a Digital Public Good that puts accurate health facility data in the hands of those who need it most.
Invest — support innovation in health data infrastructure and contribute to Universal Health Coverage goals.
Support — engage in a targeted campaign that delivers measurable, lasting impact in an underserved region.
Contact us to discuss how you can get involved.