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Amitabh Bachchan happy with polio eradication from India

Updated on: 21 July,2014 08:06 AM IST  | 
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Amitabh Bachchan, who is the goodwill ambassador for polio UNICEF campaign, is happy that the disease is finally eradicated from India

Amitabh Bachchan happy with polio eradication from India

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Amitabh Bachchan, who is the goodwill ambassador for polio UNICEF campaign, is happy that the disease is finally eradicated from India.

Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan


The 69-year-old was appointed as the ambassador in 2005 and has since fronted their polio eradication programme successfully.



"Polio eradicated from India.. An 8 year campaign with the UNICEF ambassadorship! Feel such accomplishment and joy!," Bachchan posted on Twitter. India was declared polio free by WHO (World Health Organization) earlier this year.

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