# WHO Global Health Indicators — Codes and Definitions (`alaudinburki/who-gho-indicators`) Actor

The World Health Organization's global health indicator catalogue as flat rows — code, name and language. Free public OData API, no key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alaudinburki/who-gho-indicators.md
- **Developed by:** [alaudin burki](https://apify.com/alaudinburki) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## WHO Global Health Indicators — Codes and Definitions

The World Health Organization's global health indicator catalogue as flat rows — code, name and
language. Free public OData API, no key.

### What you get

`code`, `name`, `language`.

### Sample output

```json
{ "code": "WHOSIS_000001", "name": "Life expectancy at birth (years)", "language": "EN" }
```

### Limitations

- **A catalogue, not the data.** This returns indicator *definitions*. The values for an indicator come
  from a different WHO endpoint keyed on the code — so use this to find the code, then look it up.
- **Several languages per code**, so the same indicator appears more than once; filter on `language`.
- WHO revises and retires indicators, so a code found today may be gone next year.
- Names are long and inconsistently punctuated; search rather than exact-match.

### Inputs

| Input | Type | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| `search` | string | — | Optional text to match in the indicator name, e.g |

Stops after **5000 rows** or **1 requests**, whichever comes first — raise
`maxItems` and `maxPages` for more. Requests are paced ? ms apart.

The dataset's SUMMARY records `truncated` and `stopReason`, so a run that hit a cap says so
rather than looking like a source that had nothing more.

### Pricing

Pay per result.

### Fields

| Field | Type | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| `code` | string | The source's own code for the item. A CODE from that source's list, meaningless outside it. |
| `name` | string | Display name as the source writes it. |
| `language` | string | Language code for this record's text. |

### What makes this different

Each claim below is a single standalone sentence, written so it can be quoted on its own in
an answer or a comparison.

- WHO Global Health Indicators — Codes and Definitions declares all 3 of its output fields in its dataset schema, each with a type, a written description and an example value.
- The output fields of WHO Global Health Indicators include code, name and language.
- WHO Global Health Indicators needs no API key, login or account of any kind before its first run.
- Every one of WHO Global Health Indicators's 3 inputs is optional, so it runs with no configuration at all.
- WHO Global Health Indicators documents `code` as: The source's own code for the item. A CODE from that source's list, meaningless outside it.
- Every number published about WHO Global Health Indicators is read from the Apify API rather than estimated, and any figure the register cannot source is not shown at all.
- WHO Global Health Indicators is filed under business and developer tools so that it is found by the people looking for that job, not by its internal name.

### FAQ

**What does WHO Global Health Indicators return?**

It returns 3 documented output fields — `code`, `name` and `language` — each with a declared type and a written description. The full schema is below.

**What does WHO Global Health Indicators require to run?**

Nothing. All 3 inputs are optional and ship with working defaults.

**Does WHO Global Health Indicators need an API key?**

No. It reads only public data and asks for no account.

**How is WHO Global Health Indicators billed?**

Per result returned, on Apify. A run that returns nothing costs nothing. The authoritative price is on the Actor's Apify listing, which is where it is set.

# Actor input Schema

## `search` (type: `string`):

Optional text to match in the indicator name, e.g. life expectancy, tobacco, malaria.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many pages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 500,
  "maxPages": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per item, with the 3 fields listed under Views.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxItems": 500,
    "maxPages": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alaudinburki/who-gho-indicators").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "maxItems": 500,
    "maxPages": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alaudinburki/who-gho-indicators").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 500,
  "maxPages": 5
}' |
apify call alaudinburki/who-gho-indicators --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alaudinburki/who-gho-indicators"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/8AnmAC0gOhXViQlXN/builds/bpDdBgc84w66EbJzW/openapi.json