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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. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Malaria Educational Materials for Health Workers (French)

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This set of three French-language materials for health workers involved in malaria prevention and control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was developed and produced by C-Change/DRC. The materials consist of a message guide, a set of counselling cards, and a job aid.

The message guide provides information and guidance for community leaders and health workers on appropriate responses to key questions asked by the community on malaria prevention and treatment. According to C-Change/DRC, these questions were collected from journalists and through phone-in radio and television programmes. This message guide can be used by community leaders, health workers, media professionals, and teachers. It was created with the staff of National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and developed between October 2010 and July 2011. Training on the guide began in February 2012.
The set of eight counselling cards are designed to assist health workers in their delivery of malaria prevention and treatment counselling. The cards can also be given to families to assist and encourage them to take action to prevent malaria and receive timely and effective treatment. The cards provide information on what the action is, why it is important, and how to do the action. The cards also provide prompts for a question and answer session, so that the health worker can be sure that the key messages have indeed been digested and understood by the family.

Click here to access these resources on the President's Malaria Initiative Special Collection on the C-Hub website.

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C-hub website on June 12, 2012