Call for application for media recognition awards

Merck Foundation has announced a Call for Application for Merck More than a Mother  Media Recognition Awards for Burundi and rest of Africa.

The awards according to the organisers were launched in 2017 to emphasize the role of media in enhancing the public engagement and understanding of infertility stigma and the need to change its social perception in African communities.

Media professionals are expected to showcase their work to raise awareness about infertility prevention and breaking infertility stigma in Burundi and the rest of the continent.

Who can apply? Journalists from print, online, radio and multimedia platforms from Burundi and rest of Africa.

Last date of submission: Entries can be submitted till 30^th June 2019.

How to apply? Entries can be submitted via email to

mystory@merckmorethanamother.com.

Categories and prize money for winners:

Merck Foundation held a ceremony to announce the winners of the ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Media Recognition Awards 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. The ceremony was attended by over 200 journalists from 17 African countries.

The Award for the Multimedia Segment was won by  Ms. Namukabo L Werungah and her team from NTV Kenya for their excellent story named ‘A tale of pain and shame of childless women in Busia’. 

Mr. Gardy Chacha, Senior Health and Science Reporter from Standard Newspaper, Kenya won the Print Media Segment with his soul-stirring story named ‘Cecilia Wairimu: One woman, Three marriages, 11 years of Infertility’.

The Online Media Segment went to Ms. Molatelo Mainetje, News and Current Affair Producer and Documentary Filmmaker from South Africa for her short film called ‘Womb Man’.

Ms. Asha Bakidusa, Journalist with Royal Media Services Limited, Under Bahari FM, Kenya won the First Award for the Radio Segment for her program on ‘How family men supporting their spouses in cases of Infertility’.