Global Health Epilepsy Dataset
Clinical dataset of epilepsy patients from Uganda, compiled for multi-agent LLM research on treatment recommendation. Contains longitudinal visit records across three patient cohorts with ground-truth drug prescriptions.
Dataset Summary
| Patients | 699 unique patients |
| Total entries | 2,549 |
| Cohorts | CSV (279 + 53 patients), PDF (367 patients) |
| Visit range | Visit 1–10 (longitudinal) |
Cohorts
- CSV cohort (1,040 entries): Structured clinical notes from Mulago Hospital neurology clinic. Visits 1–6.
- PDF cohort (1,509 entries): Free-form clinical notes extracted from patient PDFs. Visits 1–10.
Dataset Structure
Each entry represents one patient visit and is fully self-contained — the input field includes the full cumulative context of all prior visits.
Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
pid |
string | Patient identifier |
visit_num |
int | Visit number (1-indexed) |
cohort |
string | csv or pdf |
input |
string | Full cumulative clinical context (all prior visits + current visit notes) |
output |
string | Doctor's raw prescription text for current visit |
prescribed |
list[str] | Ground-truth ASMs prescribed (normalised drug names) |
stopped |
list[str] | Ground-truth ASMs stopped at this visit |
Input Format
Age: 6 | Sex: F | Diagnosis: Generalised epilepsy
[Visit 1 - Clinical Notes]
Visit Date: 02/01/2022
History of Presenting Illness: ...
[Visit 1 - Prescription]
Continue Na Valproate 100mg morning × 1/52
[Visit 2 - Clinical Notes]
Visit Date: 22/06/2023
...
Tracked ASMs
carbamazepine, clobazam, clonazepam, ethosuximide, lamotrigine, levetiracetam, phenobarbital, phenytoin, topiramate, valproate
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("kartiksharma4/global-health", token="your_hf_token")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
Access
This dataset is private. Contact the dataset owner to request access.
Citation
If you use this dataset, please cite the associated paper (forthcoming).
Ethical Considerations
This dataset contains de-identified clinical notes from Ugandan epilepsy patients. Patient names may appear in free-form clinical notes (particularly the PDF cohort). Access is restricted to approved collaborators only.
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