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rgho - Access WHO Global Health Observatory Data From R

rgho is an R package to access WHO GHO data from R via the Athena web service, an API providing a simple query interface to the World Health Organization's data and statistics content.

You can install:

  • the latest released version from CRAN with:
install.packages("rgho")
  • the latest development version from github with:
devtools::install_github("pierucci/rgho@devel")

Main features

  • List available dimensions and codes with get_gho_dimensions() and get_gho_codes().
  • Download data with get_gho_data().

Documentation

  • Introduction in vignette("a-intro", "rgho").
  • List of GHO dimensions in vignette("b-dimensions", "rgho").
  • List of codes for the GHO dimension in vignette("c-codes-gho", "rgho").
  • List of codes for the COUNTRY dimension in vignette("d-country", "rgho").
  • Details about how requests are performed in vignette("e-details", "rgho").

Dev

Antoine Filipović-Pierucci.

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install.packages('rgho')

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Version

0.2.3

License

GPL (>= 3)

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Maintainer

Antoine FilipovicPierucci

Last Published

October 11th, 2016

Functions in rgho (0.2.3)

get_gho_data_

Returns GHO Data
search_gho

Search Codes or Dimensions Labels
filter_attrs

Returns GHO Codes for a Given Dimension
rgho

rgho: Access WHO Global Health Observatory Data From R
get_gho_dimensions

Returns Available GHO Dimensions
build_gho

Check and Build a gho Object
values_attrs

Values Taken by an Attribute
parse_proxy_string

Parse Proxy IP From a Character String
build_gho_url

Construct GHO request URL
get_gho_

GET a GHO URL
get_proxy_list

Find Local Proxy Settings