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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 Sector Global HIV & AIDS Readiness Survey 2004: Policy Implications for Education and Development, The

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  • Peter Badcock-Walters, Tania Boler
Compiled by The UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education, The Education Sector Global HIV & AIDS Readiness Survey 2004: Policy Implications for Education and Development is an assessment of the capacity of Ministries of Education (MoEs) in 71 countries and civil society organisations in 18 countries to manage and mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS. The report is based on two surveys - the Global Readiness Survey (GRS) of 71 MoEs was conducted by the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division’s (HEARD) Mobile Task Team on the 'Impact of HIV and AIDS on Education', and the 'Civil Society Survey' (CSS) of 18 civil society country interactions was conducted by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE). The surveys and report were designed to help participating countries better understand the impact of HIV and AIDS on education, identify key problems and omissions in their response to date, and guide future planning and programming. They also provide a benchmark from which to measure future responses, and aim to serve as a learning and advocacy process for the education sectors involved. Based on self-reported assessments, this document sets out to identify and synthesise key issues arising from MoEs and civil society about:
  • Ministry of education HIV and AIDS structures
  • Enabling environment for an effective response to HIV and AIDS
  • HIV and AIDS mainstreaming
  • Workplace issues and human resources
  • Workplace HIV and AIDS programmes
  • HIV and AIDS and the curriculum
  • Responses aimed at those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS
  • Partnership development in response to HIV and AIDS
  • Research guiding the response to HIV and AIDS in the education sector
The report identifies both challenges and opportunities and concludes by providing a number of recommendations designed to influence future responses in the education sector.

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Email from Justine Sass to The Communication Initiative, April 3 2006.

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http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001446/144625e.pdf