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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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Pandemic Flu, Take the Lead: Working Together to Prepare Now

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The United States (US) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an online toolkit titled, Pandemic Flu, Take the Lead: Working Together to Prepare Now, on its pandemic planning website. The toolkit is a collaborative effort between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and HHS with input from community leaders. It is intended to provide key information and tools for organisations to use to support understanding of the threat of a pandemic and to prepare for it.

 



This resource includes the following kinds of documents available for download in PDF format:

 

  • Talking Points, such as "How to get Your Peers Involved";
  • Checklists, such as "Food and Supplies Drive";
  • Sample E-mails, such as "Good Health Habits";
  • Fact Sheets, such as Pandemic Flu Basics";
  • Sample Newsletter Articles, such as "Stocking Food Supplies"; and
  • Posters, such as "Cover Your Cough"




In addition, the website contains charts suggesting activities to encourage personal preparedness and the tools appropriate for them, as well as activities for encouraging peer community leaders to spread the information.
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Biosecurity Briefing from the Center for Biosecurity website on December 12 2007.

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