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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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Pictures in AIDucation: African Communities Talking Sex, AIDS and Pictures

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About the Book

 

This book is a true African story on HIV/AIDS through the eyes of a district doctor who wanted to stop new HIV infections in Zambia and Botswana, through using or rather abusing clinical pictures to teach and share knowledge and experiences on sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS.

 

 

Proverbs say ...‘Seeing is very different from being told’... ‘Seeing is believing’ and ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. Armed with these proverbs, the doctor began the passionate mission of making African communities see HIV/AIDS, talk HIV/AIDS and get involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programmes.

 

 

This book challenges the status quo in health promotion and also raises issues on culture and the culture of silence. This book focuses on comments and talks from several workshops held in the villages, towns and cities of Africa. There is a lesson for each one of us to take from this book. Use the lesson(s) well and make a difference in your community. No one is immune to HIV/AIDS.