Seth Kwame Boateng

Category: Best report for Heath Reporting

Seth Kwame Boateng is a Senior Journalist with the Multimedia Group Limited in Ghana. He has received many awards in recognition of his outstanding performance in journalism. His achievements include the Global Health Reporting Award 2017 and GJA Journalist of The Year for 2014. He won the best reporter for the Human Rights Reporting Category and the West African journalist of the Year at the 2017 WAMECA.

Seth’s story “Next to Die” was adjudged the best report for the Heath Reporting Category. A two-part documentary, Next to Die highlighted the critical issue of child mortality and maternal deaths in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, the second biggest city in Ghana. On average, four babies were dying each day while about 100 women died on delivery beds annually in the hospital. The story resulted in the First Lady of Ghana, Multimedia Group Limited, other key institutions and individuals collaborating to raise over $2 Million to complete an ultra-modern maternity and mother and baby unit for the hospital.

Click here to watch the documentary.