Kathmandu. The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has implemented a community-based disease surveillance system to control epidemic diseases. The Metropolis provided a two-day training to health workers for implementing this community-based disease surveillance system.The Metropolis's Health Department stated that an orientation program was successfully completed targeting health workers working in all urban health promotion centers, with support from the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division. Kaushalchandra Subedi, the disease surveillance focal person at the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control under the KMC's Health Service Department, said that this system will be crucial for the early identification, monitoring, and control of diseases...