@article{Makinde_Odimegwu_2016, title={Disease Surveillance by Private Health Providers in Nigeria: A Research Proposal}, volume={8}, url={https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6554}, DOI={10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6554}, abstractNote={<span>A large proportion of Nigerians access healthcare services in private health facilities (PHFs) but the compliance of these PHFs to the mandatory disease surveillance and reporting - a means of implementing the international health regulation of 1969 - has not been established. The recent Ebola outbreak spread to Nigeria and revealed challenges in the efficiency of the surveillance system after a suspicious case presented at a PHF. The impact of an inefficient disease surveillance system can be far reaching. Thus, we propose a study to investigate and understand factors affecting compliance of these PHFs to the country disease surveillance and response system.</span>}, number={1}, journal={Online Journal of Public Health Informatics}, author={Makinde, Olusesan A. and Odimegwu, Clifford O.}, year={2016}, month={Mar.} }