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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 lainiciativadecomunicacion.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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EC/UNFPA Asia Initiative - Asia

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This reproductive health programme of the European Commission and the UNFPA in collaboration with 22 European agencies and over 62 local partner agencies started in September 1998. The objective of this programme was to bring together the diversity of expertise and resources offered by civil society organisations. Sustainable alternatives to current systems were created by targeting vulnerable groups at the grassroots level.
Communication Strategies

The main communication strategies involved a series of country-specific strategies adjusted to the varying reproductive health needs and response capacities across each region.
Development Issues

Adolescent and youth reproductive health, women and children, HIV/AIDS, population, health and nutrition, fertility, morbidity, mortality
Key Points

The challenge of attempting to significantly improve the reproductive health status of the vast Asian continent was seen as too great for one organisation, so partnerships and collaboration were made a priority. The countries included in the programme were Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Laos, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Long term objectives of this programme were to create a multiplier effect on reproductive health initiatives, strengthening local capacity at the grass roots level and complementing efforts at the central level by governments and donors.
Partners



European Commission, UNFPA, international agencies, civil society organisations, ngo's, 22 collaborating European agencies, local partner agencies.

Sources

Background Paper EC support to population, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS in developing countries (1994-1998) pages 2-3