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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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Corruption in the Health Sector: Causes, Consequences, and Avenues for Action

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This workshop curriculum from U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre's training portfolio is an in-country course of 3 days designed to develop skills for assessing risks to corruption in the health sector. The workshop programme focuses on analyses of specific problems, weighing the relative merits of alternative strategies for control and prevention, and considering interventions to promote accountability and transparency. Prior to each workshop, a needs assessment exercise is carried out in cooperation with the host agency in order to tailor the workshop to the needs of the donor group and national counterpart. Teaching methods include lectures, case studies, exercises, and group work.

 

The workshop curriculum intends to provide participants with skills and information to:

  1. Define corruption and identify the types of corrupt activities that occur in the health sector.
  2. Explain why corruption occurs, applying principles of economics, governance, and crime prevention to understand the issues involved.
  3. Assess specific risks which make corruption more likely in certain settings, and identify the consequences which can result from corruption.
  4. Identify the core elements of corruption prevention and control programmes.
  5. Examine how corruption can be reduced in drug supply, financial systems, and informal payment for health services.
  6. Become an effective advocate for anti-corruption strategies and reforms to promote accountability and transparency in health programmes.

 

 

This workshop curriculum was designed for agency staff in Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Department for International Development (DFID), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (MinBuZa), Belgian Development Cooperation Agency (BTC), and their national Ministry of Foreign Affairs counterparts.

Editor's note, December 1 2010: U4 is now offering the same content in an online course, available to U4 partner organisations.

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Boston University School of Public Health website; and email from Taryn Vian to The Communication Initiative on November 30 2010.