WHO Health Indicators for The Gambia, 2026 Update

World Health Organization data for The Gambia covers over 30 public health categories, including air pollution, child mortality, disease prevalence, and health systems. The dataset is sourced from the WHO Global Health Observatory data portal and was last updated on March 16, 2026. It is provided in CSV format through the HDX platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling disease burden and mortality trends based on Global Health Estimates categories.
• Analyzing health system performance and universal health coverage based on health financing and workforce indicators.
• Monitoring environmental health risks based on air pollution and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) data.
• Evaluating immunization and disease control programs based on vaccination and malaria coverage statistics.

Strengths

• Covers over 30 distinct public health categories from a major international health authority.
• Data is current, with a last update timestamp of 2026-03-16 15:58:48.658608.
• Sourced directly from the WHO Global Health Observatory, a primary data collection mechanism.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Observatory

Collection Method

Aggregated national statistics and estimates from WHO data portal.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 16.

Geography

The Gambia