Research Saturday Week 13: NSTG Dataset
What happens when clinical guidelines become structured, usable data?
On our next session at Research Saturday, we will explore the Nigerian Standard Treatment Guidelines Dataset (NSTG), developed by Chisom Rutherford. This dataset translates Nigeria’s official treatment protocols into a format that can be used for research, decision support systems, and AI applications.
Healthcare systems across Africa rely heavily on standardized treatment guidelines, yet much of this knowledge remains locked in static documents. Converting these guidelines into datasets opens up new possibilities for clinical decision support, health informatics, and data-driven policy.
In this session, we will examine:
How treatment guidelines can be transformed into structured datasets
The challenges of working with clinical and public health data
The role of such datasets in building healthcare-focused AI systems
What this means for Nigeria’s and Africa’s digital health ecosystem
We will also discuss how initiatives like this contribute to improving access to high-quality, locally relevant healthcare data.
Dataset:
https://datum.africa/datasets/nstg-nigeria-treatment-guidelines-dataset
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, 11 April 2026
Time: 5 PM WAT
Who should attend?
Researchers, data scientists, health informatics professionals, policy experts, and anyone interested in African data systems and AI for healthcare.
About Research Saturday:
Research Saturday is a weekly initiative by Datum Africa focused on exploring research, datasets, and ideas that shape Africa’s data and AI ecosystem.