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WHO Global Health Observatory Data Scraper

Access 2,700+ WHO health indicators across 194 countries. Mortality, immunization, diseases, health systems — normalized and ready for analysis. Free API, no key needed.

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WHO Global Health Observatory Data Scraper 🌍

Access 2,700+ health indicators from the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory — the definitive source for global health statistics. Normalized, searchable, and ready for analysis.

What This Actor Does

Fetches health data from the WHO GHO API across 194 countries and WHO regions. Covers mortality, diseases, immunization, health systems, environmental health, nutrition, and more. All results are normalized with proper country names and clean indicator descriptions.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`indicatorCodes`	string[]	Yes*	WHO indicator codes (e.g. `VACCINECOVERAGE_DTP1`, `WHS2_102`)
`searchKeyword`	string	Yes*	Keyword to search indicators (e.g. "mortality", "tuberculosis", "immunization")
`countryCodes`	string[]	No	Filter by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes (e.g. `GBR`, `USA`, `FRA`)
`yearMin`	integer	No	Earliest year to include
`yearMax`	integer	No	Latest year to include
`maxResults`	integer	No	Max data points (default: 500, max: 5000)
`spatialDimType`	string	No	Spatial dimension: `COUNTRY` (default), `REGION`, `WORLDBANKINCOMEGROUP`

*Either indicatorCodes OR searchKeyword must be provided.

Example Input

{
  "indicatorCodes": ["VACCINECOVERAGE_DTP1", "WHS2_102", "NCDMORT307"],
  "countryCodes": ["GBR", "USA", "FRA", "DEU"],
  "yearMin": 2015,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Or search by keyword:

{
  "searchKeyword": "tuberculosis",
  "countryCodes": ["ZAF", "IND", "CHN"],
  "maxResults": 200
}

Example Output

Each dataset item contains:

{
  "IndicatorCode": "VACCINECOVERAGE_DTP1",
  "IndicatorName": "DTP3 immunization coverage among one-year-olds (%)",
  "SpatialDim": "GBR",
  "SpatialDimType": "COUNTRY",
  "LocationNormalized": "United Kingdom",
  "SpatialTypeNormalized": "Country",
  "TimeDim": 2023,
  "NumericValue": 94.0,
  "Value": "94",
  "Low": null,
  "High": null
}

Results include normalized country names, clean indicator descriptions, and a human-readable summary table in the console output.

Popular Indicators

Code	Description
`WHS2_102`	Life expectancy at birth (years)
`WHOSIS_000001`	Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
`NCDMORT307`	NCD mortality rate (age-standardized)
`VACCINECOVERAGE_DTP1`	DTP3 immunization coverage (%)
`SA_0000001837`	Alcohol poisoning deaths per 100,000
`NCD_HYP_PREVALENCE_A`	Hypertension prevalence (age-standardized)
`NCD_DIABETES_PREVALENCE_CRUDE`	Diabetes prevalence
`TOBACCO_MPOWER_M1_TOBACCOUSESMOKING`	Tobacco use monitoring
`CHILDMORT5TO14`	Mortality rate for 5-14 year-olds
`PHE_HHAIR_PROP_POP_CLEAN_FUELS`	Clean cooking fuel access

Use Cases

Public health research: Cross-country comparisons of disease burden and health outcomes
Pharma market intelligence: Disease prevalence data for market sizing
Health journalism: Data-driven stories on global health trends
NGO reporting: Track health indicators for grant proposals and impact reports
Insurance risk modeling: Population health statistics for actuarial analysis
Academic research: Multi-year, multi-country health datasets

Data Source

WHO Global Health Observatory — the World Health Organization's gateway to health-related statistics. Data is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Features

✅ 2,700+ indicators across 194 countries
✅ Keyword search — find indicators by disease, topic, or measurement
✅ Country/region filtering — ISO codes or WHO regions
✅ Year range filtering — focus on specific time periods
✅ Normalized output — proper country names, clean descriptions
✅ Multi-dimensional — country, region, and World Bank income group views

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