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Amitabh Bachchan appointed WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been appointed by the World Health Organisation as its Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region.

By: Agencies   | | Published: May 15, 2017 9:04 am
Tags: Amitabh Bachchan  WHO  
Ambassador of Hepatitis

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been appointed by the World Health Organisation as its Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region to spread awareness about the disease. As someone who has suffered or is still suffering from Hepatitis due to a blood transfusion, and as someone who was detected with the disease many years later, I have realised that how disabling it can be if it is not detected in time and is not timely cured. The message of how this can be detected and cured was unknown to me. When I did find out through various efficient people in this region connected with this campaign, I felt I must work towards not entirely eradicating it but atleast making people aware of what Hepatitis is, added the 74-year-old, who was hit with the virus after he was infused with the blood of about 200 donors post the accident on the sets of Coolie . Also Read - “Vaccines do not equal zero Covid": WHO calls for sustained efforts to control virus transmission

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This is the first formal association between WHO and Bachchan, who served as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Polio in India. As WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in the region, the PINK star hopes for Hepatitis free India. I wish the day would come when I would stand here along with the World Health Organisation and make a statement, just like we did at the time of Polio, that today India is Hepatitis free. That would be a great achievement of this campaign. Read more about 13 causes of hepatitis you didn’t know about Also Read - Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek test positive for COVID-19 even as cases surge past 8 lakh in India

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Published : May 15, 2017 9:04 am
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