# World Health Organization (WHO)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/who/  
**Website:** https://www.who.int  
**APIs profiled:** 3

The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations specialized agency for international public health. WHO provides free public REST APIs giving programmatic access to global health statistics, disease surveillance data, immunization coverage, health indicators by country, and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The GHO OData API exposes hundreds of health indicators across all WHO member states with no authentication required, while the ICD API provides structured access to ICD-11 and ICD-10 clinical classifications via OAuth 2 credentials obtained through free registration.

## Kin Score — 37.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 50.6 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 17.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 42.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (3)

- **World Health Organization (WHO) Foundation API** — The Foundation API from World Health Organization (WHO) — 4 operation(s) for foundation.
- **World Health Organization (WHO) ICD10 API** — The ICD10 API from World Health Organization (WHO) — 4 operation(s) for icd10.
- **World Health Organization (WHO) Linearization (classification endpoints) API** — The Linearization (classification endpoints) API from World Health Organization (WHO) — 13 operation(s) for linearization (classification endpoints).

## Agentic access (1)

- **Who Agentic Access** — 25 operations · 4 acting

## Security (2)

- **Who Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Who Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Who Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Health, Global Health, Disease Surveillance, Immunization, Health Statistics, ICD, WHO, United Nations, Open Data

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/who/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.