---
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - tabular-classification
  - tabular-regression
language:
  - en
tags:
  - healthcare
  - medicine-quality
  - QC-laboratory
  - ISO-17025
  - WHO-prequalification
  - HPLC
  - proficiency-testing
  - sub-saharan-africa
  - lmic
pretty_name: "Medicine Quality Control Laboratories (Equipment, Staff, Proficiency, Budget)"
size_categories:
  - 10K<n<100K
configs:
  - config_name: who_prequalified_lab
    data_files: data/qc_lab_who_prequalified_lab.csv
  - config_name: national_reference_lab
    data_files: data/qc_lab_national_reference_lab.csv
    default: true
  - config_name: district_basic_lab
    data_files: data/qc_lab_district_basic_lab.csv
---

# Medicine Quality Control Laboratories Dataset

## Abstract

**30,000 simulated QC laboratory assessments** (10,000 per scenario) across three laboratory tiers in sub-Saharan Africa. Variables include staff, equipment functionality, testing volume, turnaround time, proficiency testing, budget, reagent stockouts, and SF detection rates. Three scenarios: WHO-prequalified lab (20 staff, 92% equipment functional), national reference (8 staff, 65%), district basic (2 staff, 30%).

**This dataset is entirely simulated. It must not be used for laboratory accreditation or regulatory decisions.**

## Validation

<p align="center">
  <img src="validation_report.png" alt="Validation Report" width="100%">
</p>

## Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
dataset = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/medicine-quality-control-labs", "national_reference_lab")
df = dataset["train"].to_pandas()
print(df[['staff_analysts', 'equipment_functional_pct', 'samples_tested_per_year']].describe())
```

## References

1. WHO (2023). QC lab capacity in Africa.
2. USP PQM+. Lab strengthening in 50+ countries.
3. WHO Prequalification of QC Laboratories.
4. African Medicines Quality Forum.

## Citation

```bibtex
@dataset{esa_qc_labs_2025,
  title   = {Medicine Quality Control Laboratories Dataset},
  author  = {{Electric Sheep Africa}},
  year    = {2025},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url     = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/medicine-quality-control-labs}
}
```

## License

[CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)