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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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HIV/AIDS & Education: A Strategic Approach

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Executive summary

Education has a key role to play both in preventing HIV/AIDSand in mitigating its effects on individuals, families, communities and society. HIV/AIDS is affecting all areas of the globe with devastating impact. Children and young people have been disproportionately affected by the epidemic. Levels of infection peak in the 15-24 age group, and the impact on families, households and communities is often even harder on the young people within them.


This strategy, developed with input from the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Working Group on HIV/AIDS, Schools and Education,identifies key priorities for a scaled up response to the epidemic on the part of schools and the education system more generally.


It has been written with key policy makers in mind, both those in Ministries of Education and in development organisations, and those working in related fields. Much of the strategy is directed at the formal educational system, as the fundamental institutional foundation for HIV/AIDS prevention education on a large scale. But any effort to look at the reciprocal relationship between HIV/AIDS and education must go beyond the formal educational system to embrace the community and informal sectors. Both because many of those most at risk are not in formal education, and because the epidemic impacts upon the ability of educational institutions to deliver, it is essential to expand educational opportunities to a wider range of offerings.


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UNESCO Website