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Population and Access

Who each facility actually serves, and whether those people can realistically reach it. Population from WorldPop 2026 constrained at 100 m; travel time from a modelled cost-of-access surface.

Full accessibility analysis is currently live for Tanzania; other countries are being processed.
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The travel-time + Bayesian catchment pipeline currently runs only for Tanzania. The same methodology (modelled 100 m travel-time surface from the MAP 2015 friction raster, constrained WorldPop 2026 population, and a Bayesian gravity catchment model with travel-time-decayed attendance probability) will roll out to the other seven countries as country-specific inputs become available.

In the meantime, per-country facility distribution and coverage are visible in Registry Explorer.

Travel time to nearest facility

Modelled minutes-to-nearest-facility from every 300 m pixel, classified into four bands. Fast on the green end, slow on the red end.

National access breakdown

Worst-served districts (pop > 60 min)

Estimated facility catchment — Tanzania mainland (26 regions)

Bayesian gravity model (PATH-Global-Health/catchment): probability of attending each facility is inversely proportional to squared travel time (10–300 min band), fitted with an INLA spatial random effect over the friction-derived travel-time matrix. Each facility gets an estimated catchment population with a 95% credible interval. Circle size = catchment magnitude; color = quintile band.

Summary

Top 15 facilities by catchment population

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