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Mizoram launches community-based surveillance system to detect communicable diseases

Aizawl, Oct 12(UNI) The Mizoram Health and Family Welfare Department on Thursday launched the Community-Based Surveillance System (CBS) to enable people across the state to report new communicable diseases, including infectious ones like Mpox.
According to a press statement from the department, the CBS was launched by Health Secretary Sangchhin Chinzah. The event also featured training sessions on topics such as the “Mpox scenario in Global, India and Mizoram” and an “Introduction to the One Health concept.”
CBS is an initiative introduced by the central government, designed to be user-friendly and accessible to all, including those in remote areas, without incurring any cost to the users. Officials highlighted that the system would facilitate the early detection of unknown diseases spreading in villages or clusters of villages, enabling healthcare professionals to provide prompt treatment.
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