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WHO Q&A Dataset Dataset Description This dataset contains question-and-answer pairs sourced from the World Health Organization (WHO), covering topics such as [e.g. disease outbreaks, vaccination, nutrition, mental health, health emergencies]. It was built to support tasks like question answering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and health information chatbots. License: [check WHO's actual terms — WHO content is often CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; verify before… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/miguellong/who-QandA.

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WHO Q&A Dataset

Dataset Description

This dataset contains question-and-answer pairs sourced from the World Health Organization (WHO), covering topics such as [e.g. disease outbreaks, vaccination, nutrition, mental health, health emergencies]. It was built to support tasks like question answering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and health information chatbots.

  • —License: [check WHO's actual terms — WHO content is often CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; verify before publishing, see Licensing section below]

Dataset Summary

  • —Number of QA pairs: [2834]
  • —Source: [WHO Q&A pages]
  • —Collection date: [21 Sep 2026]

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

FieldTypeDescription
topicstringTopic/category label
questionstringThe question text
answerstringThe corresponding answer text
source_urlstringURL of the original WHO page

Dataset Creation

Source Data

Data was collected from the World Health Organization's official website (who.int), specifically from

Considerations for Using the Data

Intended Use

This dataset is intended for research and development of health-information QA systems, RAG pipelines, and chatbots. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice.

Licensing Information

WHO publishes most of its web content under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO license, which restricts commercial use and requires share-alike attribution. Verify the exact license terms for the specific pages you sourced from before redistributing this dataset, and update the license field in the YAML header above accordingly.