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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.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Oshikuku Integrated Services Centre

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The Oshikuku Integrated Services Center is an integrated HIV/AIDS centre in Namibia that offers voluntary counselling and testing, prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services, and antiretroviral therapy. The centre aims to expand access to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment for the people of Oshikuku and others in the Omusati area in northern Namibia.
Communication Strategies

The center offers three key services:

  • Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for self-referred clients as well as hospital patients referred by the hospital, including pre- and post-test counselling, testing and further referral. The Centre's VCT services are part of the "New Start" VCT network, with technical assistance provided by the Social Marketing Association.
  • Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme to motivate pregnant women to learn their status through VCT and, for those who test positive, to provide pregnancy monitoring, antiretroviral medication and infant feeding counselling.
  • Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for patients who meet Ministry of Health and Social Services treatment guidelines, from trained health providers and counsellors. Oshikuku Hospital admits more than 900 patients each year for advanced HIV/AIDS disease and a similar number of Tuberculosis patients, most of whom are also HIV-positive.
Development Issues

HIV/AIDS

Partners

Health and Social Services Ministry, USAID/Namibia, Family Health International (FHI), US Global AIDS, St. Martin's Catholic Hospital.

Sources

Family Health International (FHI)website on November 29 2004.