Premise Data launches Health Sites Dataset to help in the fight against COVID-19, Provides data to NGOs, state and local governments for free

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Data and analytics platform Premise Data is offering a free dataset for decision-makers at NGOs, aid organizations and local governments in order to help their efforts in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The dataset includes locations of over 36,000 sites in eight countries--Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Philippines, Taiwan and Ukraine. The goal is to help government public-health officials and NGOs assess risk and vulnerabilities in the local health system in order to better make plans and allocate resources.

"Health facility registries in most low- and middle-income countries are incomplete, especially with regard to private sector facilities. By making this data publicly available, Ministries of Health and aid organizations can better target COVID-19 infection prevention and control efforts," said Chris Watson, Premise Data's business development manager of international development.

Premise has built a unique points-of-interest database: The detailed characteristics Premise is able to collect in hard-to-reach parts of the world are not available anywhere else. This dataset is continually updated with submissions from Premise's network of 1.8+ million users, ensuring that the data is always current and getting richer over time.

In addition to mapping each location, there is robust information about each health facility including:

    --  Photos outside and inside of the health facility
    --  Type of facility
    --  Health facilities access to refrigeration
    --  Types of vaccines available at the clinic
    --  The days/hours vaccines are available
    --  Quality of service

Explore the dataset here: www.premise.com/healthsites.

About Premise:
Premise helps customers unlock a world of ground-level data. By combining the power of a global network of on-the-ground Contributors with industry-leading data science and machine learning, Premise empowers decision makers with the high-quality, trustworthy data they need. Premise is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Washington, D.C., and Seattle. Find more information at www.premise.com.

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