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World Health Organization API

World Health Organization (who.int) has 3 public methods: list outbreak news, get country health statistics and get WHO fact sheet. Each costs 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.

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Methods

3

  • List outbreak news

    Lists the latest WHO Disease Outbreak News reports, newest first, optionally filtered by disease (title) and country (report tags).

    Returns title, published date, countries, disease, summary, WHO risk assessment summary, report link

    Readwho.int/list_outbreak_news

  • Get country health statistics

    Gets the latest WHO value of a health statistic for a country, with sex-specific values, the regional value for the same year, and up to 10 years of history.

    Returns country, indicator, unit, latest year, both sexes/male/female values, region and regional value, history, source link

    Readwho.int/get_country_health_statistics

  • Get WHO fact sheet

    Finds a WHO fact sheet by health topic in the WHO fact-sheet directory. Returns its key facts, overview and sections in page order.

    Returns title, date updated, key facts, overview, sections, page link

    Readwho.int/get_fact_sheet