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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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Beat It! HIV/AIDS Treatment Literacy Series

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The Beat It! HIV/AIDS Treatment Literacy Series is a training resource that consists of a series of video programmes and accompanying workbooks in PDF format. The series provides an introduction to the core information needed to respond creatively to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in their environment. This series was designed to support discussion and workshops on HIV/AIDS treatment literacy.

The 21-part series, available on the internet, DVD, or VHS, combines personal documentary accounts of PLWHA with expert advice and explanations. This material is designed to assists facilitators to conduct HIV/AIDS Treatment Literacy workshops. The series is currently (2009) being digitised in Portuguese, isiXhosa, and isiZulu.

Each programme is accompanied by a workbook that provides additional information and a summary of the topic. The workbook aims to help facilitators prepare and present each topic, offers questions to stimulate discussion, and offers methods of checking whether the information has been understood.

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Beat It! website on July 4 2006, October 30 2008, and April 17 2009, and email from Gareth Dawson to The Communication Initiative on April 20 2009.

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Click here to download the accompanying workbooks in PDF format.