(L to R) Prof. Ram Shinde, Minister of State for Health (Maharashtra), Dr. Deepak Sawant, Maharashtra Health Minister, J.P. Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare India, Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor, Mr. Louis Georges Arsenault, UNICEF representative of India, Mr. C.K. Mishra, Additional Director, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Dr. Jayant Barve, Clinical and Interventional Gastroenterologist at the launching of media campaign on Hepatitis-B in Mumbai. In India, approximately 10 lakh children, on an annual basis, run the lifetime risk of developing chronic Hepatitis infections, leading to life-threatening issues including liver cancer, liver failure and a possibility of premature death. Despite continuous efforts, only 65% children in India had access to all vaccines during the first year of their life. Today, Routine Immunization (RI) in India targets 27 million infants and 30 million expecting mothers, saving 300,000 million lives each year.

Media campaign on Hepatitis B with Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan and Union Health Minister Mr. Nadda