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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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Avian and Pandemic Influenza Posters

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The Academy for Educational Development has designed a series of posters that aim to help deliver messages that teach communities the risks associated with avian influenza (avian flu or bird flu) and proper procedures for responding to outbreaks. The posters are part of a behaviour change communication (BCC) strategy to promote positive health outcomes.

There are 8 posters available designed for the African region, Vietnam and Cambodia.
  • Africa: What We Can Do to Protect Ourselves from Bird Flu - provides advice for people to protect themselves if they see a sick or dead bird, or if they hear of an outbreak.
  • Africa: What We Can Do to Protect Our Flocks from Bird Flu - provides advice for those keeping poultry and mentions that a vaccine may be advised.
  • Vietnam 1: - advises to separate new and old poultry for at least 2 weeks
  • Vietnam 2: - advises to always keep poultry in an enclosed area
  • Cambodia: 1 - promotes hand-washing
  • Cambodia: 2 - advises people to separate old and new poultry
  • Cambodia: 3 - provides hygiene advice
  • Cambodia: 4 - encourages raising poultry in a cage or enclosure

Click here to download each of the posters in PDF format.
Languages

English, Vietnamese, Khmer

Source

AED/ Avian Flu website, April 1 2006.