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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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Education and HIV/AIDS: A Sourcebook of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes

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This sourcebook aims to support efforts by countries to strengthen the role of the education sector in the prevention of HIV/AIDS. It was developed in response to numerous requests for a simple forum to help countries share their practical experiences of designing and implementing programmes that are targeted at school-age children.

The Sourcebook aims to document a variety of promising programmes for school-age children in a user-friendly format. It will begin to build a database, which will be updated periodically, to offer some insight into what kinds of programmes are running and what appears to be working. The Sourcebook will provide an opportunity to share ideas on how programmes may be re-contextualised to fit a variety of local circumstances.

The Sourcebook seeks to fulfill this role by providing concise summaries of programmes, using a standard format that highlights the main elements of the programmes and makes it easier to compare the programmes with each other. This publication is developed rapidly to fill a gap in information on programming within the education sector. It is a work in progress, and the content will be expanded and refined in use.

Topics included:
  • Mozambique - Action Aid: Stepping Stones Programme
  • South Africa - loveLife: Promoting Sexual Health and Healthy Lifestyles for Young People in South Africa
  • Tanzania - Students Partnership Worldwide: School Health EducationProgramme (SHEP)
  • Zambia - Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ), Family Life Movement of Zambia (FLMZ), and Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU):
  • Zimbabwe - Africare: Adolescent Reproductive Health Project, AIDS Action Clubs in Schools

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Number of Pages

396

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UNESCO Website

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Click here to download a PDF of the full publication.