Actor Amitabh Bachchan, in New Delhi to collect his Padma Vibhushan tomorrow, also met Health Minister JP Nadda today, World Health Day. Mr Bachchan, 72, is the face of a campaign to raise awareness about Hepatitis B. (Also Read: Amitabh Bachchan Plans Way Forward for 'Mission' Hepatitis B)
Mr Bachchan tweeted:
T 1826 - World Health Day healthy meet with Health Minister to campaign for Hepatitis B awareness. .. hope get approval .. voluntary by me .
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 7, 2015Yesterday, he tweeted about his new 'mission':
T 1825 - The start of another mission - the awareness for Hepatitis B .. meeting authorities to take this forward - like Polio & TB !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 6, 2015The actor has been UNICEF's global ambassador for the eradication of polio since 2005. Some months ago, he blogged about having battled tuberculosis in 2000.
Tomorrow, Amitabh Bachchan will collect his Padma award with colleague Dilip Kumar, this year's recipients of the Padma Vibhushan. He was at rehearsals today:
T 1826 - Rehearsals at Rashtrapati Bhavan for the Investiture Ceremony tomorrow. . PADMA awards ..!!! I just love and admire protocol ..!!!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 7, 2015Meanwhile, actress Madhuri Dixit urged her fans to stay healthy. Alia Bhatt, however, is spending World Health Day like so:
