Connect WHO Global Health Observatory to Claude Code
Query WHO Global Health Observatory directly from Claude Code. Arlet links the two through one MCP connection and takes care of API keys.
Connects your AI client to the WHO Global Health Observatory OData API (ghoapi.azureedge.net), the official statistics service of the World Health Organization covering all 194 Member States.
Tools:
- search_indicators: keyword search over indicator names; returns indicator codes.
- get_indicator_data: values of one indicator filtered by ISO3 country / WHO region codes, year range and first disaggregation (e.g. SEX_BTSX), with numeric value and uncertainty interval.
- list_countries: ISO3 codes with WHO region, filterable by name or region.
- list_dimension_values: codes of a disaggregation dimension (SEX, AGEGROUP, REGION, ...), or the list of dimensions.
Data is provided under WHO's data terms: free use with attribution to WHO and the countries that supplied the underlying data (non-commercial public-health use per the WHO Data Policy). Every response carries the source and the attribution format.
How to connect WHO Global Health Observatory to Claude Code
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In the Arlet dashboard, open Data tools, find WHO Global Health Observatory and switch it on. No API key setup is needed.
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In your terminal, run claude mcp add --transport http arlet https://mcp.arlet.dev/mcp/ to add Arlet as an MCP server.
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Start Claude Code, run /mcp, select arlet and click Authenticate.
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Your browser opens. Sign in with Google and click Allow on the consent screen. The connection is complete.
The connection is per user and works across every project on the same machine.