Overview

• BMC reports more than 100,000 dogs vaccinated since 2023 under the Mumbai Rabies Elimination Programme using GPS tracking and the WVS app.
• PCMC, partnering with Mission Rabies, launched a September 26–October 3 drive and vaccinated 352 dogs on day one across Ravet, Chinchwadgaon, Moshi and Bhosari/Dighi.
• Civic data show nearly 100,000 dog-bite reports in Mumbai in 2024, and the city now runs 163 anti‑rabies vaccination sites, including 70 with evening hours, with immunoglobulin available.
• Kasturba Hospital has opened a dedicated rabies ward, and outreach this year has reached over 100,000 students and 75,000 community members alongside ABC sterilisation and ring‑vaccination teams.
• WHO says rabies still kills one person every nine minutes globally and, echoing India’s NAPRE plan and ministerial commitments, calls for mass dog vaccination and timely PEP to break transmission.