Hyderabad, Jan. 7 -- The Union government on Tuesday, January 6, lauded the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for successfully containing vector-borne diseases, including dengue, citing the city's technology-driven surveillance and coordinated response as a model for other urban centres across the country.

During the national review meeting of metropolitan surveillance units (MSUs) in Nagpur, the officials in the Centre observed that Hyderabad's process of disease control was commendable.

GHMC Commissioner RV Karnan made a detailed presentation on Hyderabad's dengue control strategy in the meeting to highlight the process of disease control. In the presentation titled "Technology-Driven Vector Borne Disease Surveillance & M...