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Assign WHO Region to ISO3 Country Codes

get_WHO_region.Rd

Maps ISO3 country codes to their corresponding WHO region code:

  • AFR: Africa

  • AMR: Americas

  • SEAR: South-East Asia

  • EUR: Europe

  • EMR: Eastern Mediterranean

  • WPR: Western Pacific

Usage

get_WHO_region(iso3cs)

Arguments

iso3cs

Character vector of ISO3 country codes.

Value

Character vector of WHO region codes (AFR, AMR, SEAR, EUR, EMR, WPR, or NA).

Details

If a code is not found, returns NA and issues a warning.

Examples

get_WHO_region(c("KEN", "FRA", "IND", "XYZ"))
#> Warning: Unable to get assign the following iso3cs a WHO region: XYZ
#> [1] "AFR"  "EUR"  "SEAR" NA