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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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Communication for Polio Eradication: Presentations from the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting in 2005

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The summaries and presentations below were part of a June 22-24 2005 joint United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)/World Health Organisation (WHO) meeting dedicated to examining communication in the context of the final global push to eradicate polio. At this meeting, country-specific presentations were made by communication practitioners in 16 of the 21 countries which have experienced cases of wild poliovirus in 2004 and/or in 2005 (to June). The total number of global poliovirus cases increased from 784 cases in 2003 to 1,255 cases in 2004, with 1,004 cases reported to August 9 2005 (548 for the same period in 2005). Communication strategies presented at this meeting were primarily focused on:

  1. Analysing the results of programmes implemented to June 2005, and
  2. Detailing the planned communication programme for the next 6 to 12 month period, designed to support a reversal of the above trend and achievement of the goal of eradicating polio worldwide.



Presentations and Summaries

Polio Eradication Initiative Overview

Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation as a PDF file [English].


Summary Report

Click here for a copy of the English report as a PDF file in English.

Click here for a copy of the report as a PDF file in French.

Afghanistan

Click here for a summary of the presentation [in English].

Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Afghanistan as a PDF file [in English].

Benin

Click here for a summary of the presentation [in English].

Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Benin as a PDF file [in French].

Burkina Faso

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Burkina Faso as a PDF file [in French].

Cameroon

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Cameroon as a PDF file [in French].

Central African Republic (CAR)

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for the Central African Republic (CAR) as a PDF file [in French].

Chad

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Chad as a PDF file [in French].

Côte d'Ivoire

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for as a PDF file [in French].

Egypt

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Egypt as a PDF file [in English].

Guinea

Click here for a summary of the presentation [in English].

Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Guinea as a PDF file [in French].

India

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for India as a PDF file [in English].

Mali

Click here for a summary of the presentation [in English].

Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Mali as a PDF file [in French].

Niger

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Niger as a PDF file [in French].

Nigeria

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Nigeria as a PDF file [in English].

Pakistan

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Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Pakistan as a PDF file [in English].

Sudan

Click here for a summary of the presentation [in English].

Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Sudan as a PDF file [in English].

Yemen

Click here for a summary of the presentation [in English].

Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation for Yemen as a PDF file [in English].

Post Eradication Working Group Report

Click here for a summary of the presentation [in English].

Click here to download the full PowerPoint presentation as a PDF file [in English].