{
  "id": 3020524,
  "title": "Pune Municipal Corporation Launches Filariasis Survey, Urges Citizens To Cooperate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/pune-municipal-corporation-launches-filariasis-survey-urges-citizens",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T11:57:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-municipal-corporation-launches-filariasis-survey-urges-citizens-to-cooperate"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched a citywide survey to identify suspected cases of filariasis and detect microfilariae as part of efforts to eliminate the disease by 2027. The survey is being conducted from August 16 to 31 under the National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme. Health workers are visiting households and communities to identify people showing symptoms…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}