Health

Data source: WHO GHO OData API

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/who-gho/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-who-gho": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/who-gho/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/who-gho/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "search_health_indicators", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/who-gho/

5 endpoints available:

GET /rest/who-gho/search_health_indicators
GET /rest/who-gho/get_health_indicator_data
GET /rest/who-gho/compare_countries_health
GET /rest/who-gho/get_country_health_profile
GET /rest/who-gho/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/who-gho/search_health_indicators?query=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/who-gho/search_health_indicators",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc who-gho

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (5)

search_health_indicators

Search for WHO health indicators by keyword.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search term (e.g. 'life expectancy', 'malaria', 'tuberculosis', 'obesity').
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Maximum number of indicators to return. (default: 25)

get_health_indicator_data

Get data for a specific WHO health indicator.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`indicator_code`	`string`	required	WHO GHO indicator code (e.g. 'WHOSIS_000001' for life expectancy). Use search_health_indicators() to find codes.
`country`	`any`	optional	ISO alpha-3 country code (e.g. 'NOR', 'USA', 'GBR'). Omit for all countries.
`year_from`	`any`	optional	Start year (inclusive).
`year_to`	`any`	optional	End year (inclusive).
`sex`	`any`	optional	Filter by sex: 'male', 'female', or 'both'.
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Maximum data points to return. (default: 500)

compare_countries_health

Compare countries on a specific health indicator.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`indicator_code`	`string`	required	WHO GHO indicator code to compare across countries.
`countries`	`list[string]`	required	List of ISO alpha-3 country codes (e.g. ['NOR', 'SWE', 'DNK', 'FIN']).
`year`	`any`	optional	Specific year to compare. Omit for latest available.