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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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Influenza Report 2006

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  • Bernd Sebastian Kamps, Christian Hoffmann, and Wolfgang Preiser, Editors
Influenza Report 2006 is a free, online medical textbook that provides a comprehensive overview of epidemic and pandemic influenza. The text contains research level information and includes comprehensive bibliographies, as well as useful illustrations. Eight of the eleven chapters are currently available for download, with others to be available as they are completed and or updated. The Chapters in the textbook include:
  • Influenza 2006
  • Avian Influenza
  • Virology
  • Pathogenesis and Immunology
  • Epidemiology
  • Pandemic Preparedness
  • Vaccines
  • Laboratory Findings
  • Clinical Presentation
  • Treatment and Prophylaxis
  • Drugs
 One of the available chapters, chapter six on pandemic preparedness, details the importance of communication and planning for reducing or slowing the transmission of a pandemic influenza strain. The chapter highlights the effectiveness of having a risk communication strategy in place in order to identify the most effective media and credible information sources and to ensure that practical information is accessible to everyone.

Influenza Report's mission is to be a source for comprehensive and in-depth information, that provides free, anonymous access to users.

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250
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WHO Mozambique eNews, March 1 2006.