Big B to take part in AP government's campaign on health

February 16, 2015 20:55

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan would take part in an awareness campaign of Andhra Pradesh Government on health issues like maternal and child mortality.

"The principal secretary (health) is going to Mumbai next week. He will meet him (Bachchan) with regard to the campaign which would be mainly on maternal and child mortality. We want a script that suits his functioning to be made by appropriately experienced people," Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas told reporters today.

The government had earlier announced the 72-year-old popular actor, who is brand ambassador for polio eradication campaign in India, would be helping the state to highlight health issues.

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