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Get WHO Region for ISO Country Codes

Source: R/get_who_region.R
get_who_region.Rd

This function maps ISO 3-letter country codes to WHO African regional classifications. Uses the pre-loaded regional ISO code vectors available in the MOSAIC package data.

Usage

get_who_region(iso_codes)

Arguments

iso_codes

Character vector of ISO 3-letter country codes (e.g., "NGA", "KEN")

Value

Character vector of the same length as input with WHO regional classifications:

  • West Africa: Countries in West African region

  • East Africa: Countries in East African region

  • Central Africa: Countries in Central African region

  • North Africa: Countries in North African region

  • Southern Africa: Countries in Southern African region

  • Unknown: Countries not found in any regional classification

Details

The function uses the following MOSAIC package data objects:

  • iso_codes_africa_west: West African countries

  • iso_codes_africa_east: East African countries

  • iso_codes_africa_central: Central African countries

  • iso_codes_africa_north: North African countries

  • iso_codes_africa_south: Southern African countries

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Single country
get_who_region("NGA")  # Returns "West Africa"

# Multiple countries
countries <- c("NGA", "KEN", "COD", "ZAF")
get_who_region(countries)  # Returns regional classifications

# Handle missing/unknown codes
get_who_region(c("NGA", "XXX"))  # Returns c("West Africa", "Unknown")
} # }