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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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National Children's Study (Estudio Nacional de Niños)

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Página web del proyecto adelantado en Estados Unidos por los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NHI), en colaboración con los Centros de Control de las Enfermedades (CDC) y la Agencia del Medio Ambiente (EPA), a través del cual se evaluará a más de 100.000 niños de ese país, desde antes de nacer hasta que cumplan los 21 años.

Se trata de una iniciativa que tiene como objetivo estudiar a los niños a lo largo de las primeras etapas de la vida para valorar la influencia de los factores genéticos, sociales y medioambientales en su salud. El 'National Children's Study' se convertirá así en la mayor fuente de información disponible para responder cuestiones relacionadas con la salud infantil.

En esta página web aparece la información obtenida hasta el momento, aunque aún falta algún tiempo para que dé comienzo el reclutamiento de voluntarios (parejas que esperen hijos o estén inmersos en procesos de fecundación 'in vitro', pero también mujeres en edad fértil que no estén pensando tener descendencia por el momento). Los resultados se irán haciendo públicos a medida que se vaya procesando toda la información y se espera poder tener las primeras conclusiones entre los años 2008 y 2009.