Development action with informed and engaged societies
After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Cultural understandings of communication

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In Addis Ababa at the Summit I had the pleasure of atttending the (packed) workshop on different cultural approaches to health communication - the presentations from which have been summarised those on The CI platform, as part of an effort, working with JHU, to summarise all Summit presentations, with links to the full presentation:  The three presentations at that workshop were African perspectives; Asian perspectives; and, "Western" perspectivesDerived from either your attendance at that workshop or your review of those summaries and presentations at the links just provided, I would be very interested to hear your views and analysis of these presentations. What resonated? What was more difficult to understand? What are the implications for the design of health communication strategies and programmes? You can either comment in the context of those summaries or click below and comment in this community. Many thanks. These are imprtant issues. We will all benefit from your contributions - Warren

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