Tag:amenity=health_post
 amenity = health_post
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A village or neighborhood health post, without a permanent physician. 
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A health post (a.k.a. "Community Health Post", "Health Station", "Health Center") is a community-based service for providing health and wellness for local residents where basic health services are primarily provided by government healthcare workers other than physicians. In many cases, a rota of medical professionals (doctors, dentists, nurses, optometrists, etc.) visit the community to provide specific medical services, but the regular, primary services are more limited: midwifery, health counseling, immunization, community awareness and wellness education.
Front-line health care actors may vary from one facility to another, and can include one or a combination of: nurses, midwives, accredited local community health workers, or somebody with specialized or basic life support training. However, it is generally not feasible to expect full-time, on-site physicians.
In terms of staff size, health posts are smaller than clinics and hospitals, and unlikely to have emergency care facilities beyond first aid administration. In cases of emergency, an ambulance may be available to transport patients to the nearest hospital.
By 2022, the tag is widely used globally (visualize usage with Overpass: regular or Ultra), particularly in Africa and Asia.
How to map
Use the tag amenity=health_post on a node 
placed at the approximate location of a shared building, or on a closed way (area) 
drawn around the perimeter of the building.
For facilities occupying a dedicated building, combine the tags: building=yes + amenity=health_post on the closed way (area) representing the building.
In addition, mappers may indicate one or more primary care providers:
- Community Health Worker -
healthcare=community_health_worker - Nurse -
healthcare=nurse - Midwife -
healthcare=midwife - Midwife and local community health worker -
healthcare=midwife;community_health_worker
The information about the services the facility provides may be captured using healthcare:speciality=*, for example:
Tags used in combination
name=*operator=*healthcare=*healthcare:speciality=*phone=*opening_hours=*wheelchair=*- Address
Alternative tagging
There are mappers who tag the same feature using healthcare=* tags, but that approach is unable to specify the primary care provider(s) available. See comparative usage below:
amenity=health_post
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healthcare=health_post
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See also
amenity=doctors- a doctor's office (a.k.a. "surgery" or "clinic") is a small medical practice with up to 9 medical staff.amenity=clinic- a medical facility providing outpatient-only services, with 10 or more specialist doctors, nurses, or allied medical staff.amenity=hospital- a hospital providing inpatient care, and emergency care serviceshealthcare=nurse- a facility where a nurse is the main medical services providerhealthcare=midwife- a facility where a midwife provides prenatal care and delivers babieshealthcare=health_post- a duplicate tag underhealthcare=*