The Communication Initiative
Development action with informed and engaged societies
The Communication Initiative
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.

Advocacy Impact Case Studies

7 years ago Network Contact PATH Publications

These case studies of advocacy success from around the world can be used as a resource to demonstrate how global health advocates can develop strategies to achieve policy goals.

In addition to the individual case studies (linked to above), see "Strategies a…

Publishers

Languages

Most in English only; one also in Khmer and Vietnamese

Number of Pages

3 or 4

Source

PATH website and "Strategies and Stories from the Field" [PDF] - both accessed on October 13 2017. Image caption/credit: On Global Female Condom Day 2014, dancers all over the world joined the "Dance4Demand" advocacy effort to highlight the need for increased access to female condoms. PATH

Thumb-Stopping and 15 Other Case Studies on HIV-related Behaviour Change Communication

8 years ago Network Contact APCOM

Author

  • Tom Ganderton
  • Safir Soeparna

According to APCOM, in large urban areas in Southeast Asia, HIV prevalence has been reported between 15-31%, and the rate of HIV testing among young men who have sex with men (MSM) aged 18 to 29 is

Click here for the 29-page resource in English (PDF).
Click here for the 25-page resource in Bahasa (PDF).
Click here for the 30-page resource in Thai (PDF).
Click here for the 23-page resource in Vietnamese (PDF).

Publishers

Languages

English, Bahasa, Thai, Vietnamese

Number of Pages

29 (English); 25 (Bahasa); 30 (Thai); 23 (Vietnamese)

Source

Communication for Development (C4) Network, November 5 2018; and email from Safir Soeparna to The Communication Initiative on November 6 2018.

Vaccine Hesitancy: Towards a Better Understanding of Drivers and Barriers to Awareness, Acceptance and Activation

8 years ago Network Contact Angus Thomson

Author

  • Angus Thomson, Ed.
  • Gaëlle Vallée-Tourangeau, Ed.
  • L. Suzanne Suggs, Ed.

This special issue of Vaccine, stemming from an annual meeting on vaccine confidence and coverage, builds on an increasing body of empirical evidence seeking to identify the determinants o

Publishers

Number of Pages

121

Source

Vaccine, Volume 36, Issue 44, Pages 6457-6578 - sent via email from Angus Thomson to The Communication Initiative on October 25 2018; email from Angus Thomson to The Communication Initiative on November 8 2018; and Strategies to increase vaccine acceptance and uptake: From behavioral insights to context-specific, culturally-appropriate, evidence-based communications and interventions, by Angus Thomson, Gaëlle Vallée-Tourangeau, and L. Suzanne Suggs. Vaccine, Volume 36, Issue 44, Pages 6457-6458. Image credit: Kingston University London

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