# `io.github.cyanheads/who-gho-mcp-server` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.cyanheads/who-gho-mcp-server
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads/who-gho-mcp-server
- Version: 0.3.6 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.cyanheads (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/who-gho-mcp-server
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:28:53.733Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
WHO Global Health Observatory — 3,059 indicators across 194 member states.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:17:34.624Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (6)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `who_get_indicator_metadata`

- The name "who_get_indicator_metadata" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch metadata for one or more WHO GHO indicator codes: the full indicator name and the dimensions it supports (e.g. COUNTRY, REGION, SEX, YEAR, WORLDBANKINCOMEGROUP, AGEGROUP). Call this before querying data with who_query_indicator_data to confirm which filter dimensions are valid for a given indicator. Accepts up to 10 codes per call. Many valid indicators have no dimension listing upstream — those return an empty dimensions array with a dimensionsNote, not a not-found. Only codes absent from the catalog are reported in the notFound array, and that is reported rather than raised as an error.
```

### `who_list_dimension_values`

- The name "who_list_dimension_values" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List valid codes and labels for a WHO GHO dimension type such as COUNTRY, REGION, SEX, WORLDBANKINCOMEGROUP, or AGEGROUP. Use this to discover valid filter values before calling who_query_indicator_data, or to confirm the correct ISO code for a country. Use who_list_dimensions to discover all available dimension type codes. Results are paged in a deterministic order — narrow hierarchical dimensions with parent_code (e.g. the countries in one WHO region), and page the rest with offset.
```

### `who_list_dimensions`

- The name "who_list_dimensions" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all dimension type codes and human-readable titles available in the WHO Global Health Observatory API. Use this to discover valid dimension codes before calling who_list_dimension_values. Common dimensions include COUNTRY, REGION, SEX, WORLDBANKINCOMEGROUP, and AGEGROUP, but many additional types exist — this tool exposes them all.
```

### `who_list_indicators`

- The name "who_list_indicators" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Browse the WHO Global Health Observatory indicator catalog with pagination. Use when you want to explore indicators without a keyword, or to page through the full catalog. Use who_search_indicators when you have a keyword to narrow the results.
```

### `who_query_indicator_data`

- The name "who_query_indicator_data" says "query": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Query data rows for a single WHO GHO indicator with optional spatial, temporal, and dimension filters. Returns rows with numeric values, uncertainty intervals (Low/High), and spatial/time metadata. This is the primary data-fetching tool in the find-then-query workflow: use who_search_indicators to find the indicator code, optionally call who_get_indicator_metadata to confirm which filter dimensions are valid, then call this tool. Spatial filters are mutually exclusive per call: provide only one of country_codes, region_codes, or income_group_codes — mixing them triggers an error. Omitting all spatial filters returns all geographies (may be large; use limit to cap). The sex filter only applies when the indicator uses SEX as its first cross-cutting dimension — if not, the filter returns empty rows; check who_get_indicator_metadata first if uncertain. Rows are returned in a deterministic order (most recent first by default), so a capped result is the top of a defined slice rather than an arbitrary sample; page through the rest with offset.
```

### `who_search_indicators`

- The name "who_search_indicators" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the WHO Global Health Observatory indicator catalog by keyword in the indicator name. Returns indicator codes and names for use with who_query_indicator_data. The search uses a substring match on indicator names — try terms like "life expectancy", "immunization", "mortality", "diabetes", or "HIV". If results are truncated, refine the query or page further into the same filtered result set with offset.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `who-gho`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__who-gho__who_list_dimensions",
      "mcp__who-gho__who_list_dimension_values",
      "mcp__who-gho__who_search_indicators",
      "mcp__who-gho__who_list_indicators",
      "mcp__who-gho__who_get_indicator_metadata",
      "mcp__who-gho__who_query_indicator_data"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```