With the Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) outbreak now over, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has initiated a large-scale Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination drive. Launched at the beginning of the month, the campaign targets 1,98,874 children aged 1 to 10 years across multiple city zones, with an overall goal of vaccinating 10.43 lakh children. This effort aims to protect children from the life-threatening mosquito-borne disease, which continues to pose a major health risk in endemic regions.

A total of 1238 teams have been deployed for the campaign, covering 603 schools and 637 Anganwadi centres under PMC’s jurisdiction. On a single day, nearly 40,000 children received their vaccinations. As of March 24, the campaign has successfully immunised 1,98,874 children, including 96,694 boys and 1,02,180 girls. Out of the total stock of 6,79,515 vaccine doses, 2,02,032 have been used, leaving a reserve of 4,77,483 doses. Additionally, 8,00,000 auto-disable (AD) syringes were procured for the campaign, with 2,05,293 syringes already utilized and 5,94,707 still available.