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.

Behavioural and Cultural Insights (BCI) Hub

4 years ago Network Contact nilsfietje

"Behavioural and cultural insights enable us to engage with communities and individuals rather than considering them solely as the recipients of health interventions."

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Email from Nils Fietje to The Communication Initiative on November 4 2022; and "New WHO web-based knowledge hub unravels the myriad influences behind our health behaviours", March 23 2022, and BCI-Hub - both accessed on November 8 2022. Image credit: WHO/Handmade by Radhika

Guide to Evaluating Behaviourally and Culturally Informed Health Interventions in Complex Settings

4 years ago Network Contact katrinehabersaat

Author

  • Nadia Aleyna Scott
  • Katrine Bach Habersaat
  • Tania Aase Dræbe
  • Nils Fietje

"Exploring the value, effect and outcomes of interventions that seek to affect people's health behaviours...is critical.

Publishers

Number of Pages

76

Source

WHO Europe news release, September 13 2022 and WHO Europe news release, October 6 2022 - both accessed on November 3 2022. Image credit: © WHO/Nazik Armenakyan

South Africa Covid-19 & Vaccine Social Listening Report

4 years ago Network Contact Polio and Rout…

"Digital media users continue to disseminate distorted facts and unverified claims about vaccine-related adverse events and deaths that have been widely misinterpreted...."

Languages

English

Source

Emails from Susan Goldstein and Peter Benjamin to The Communication Initiative on July 30 2021 and September 3 2021, respectively; and COVID-19 South African Online Portal and AIRA - both accessed on November 3 2022. Image credit: Engin Akyurt via Pexels (free to use)

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