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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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Religious Leader from Nigeria on Polio [Photo Profile]

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This single-page profile from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is part interview, part informational bulletin. Traditional leader Sheikh Dahiru of Bauchi State, Nigeria was interviewed at the inaugural 'Niger-Nigeria Traditional & Religious Leaders Meeting on Polio Eradication', held in Niger from 17-18 April 2004, with the participation of over 80 traditional and religious Leaders. The Sheikh is quoted as saying that he was very happy to be participating in this meeting and provided insight into the importance of religious leaders such as himself in the campaign to eradicate polio. He noted that religious leaders, "are always in touch with our people, whether they live in cities or in villages. We talk with them in person, in groups and we also do many interviews, on radio, on television, in the newspapers." He asks for the cooperation of the media in discontinuing the circulation of rumours about vaccine safety and asks that they all participate in the campaign to eradicate polio. The pamphlet closes with two sections, one presenting recent incidence rates for Nigeria/Niger border area and the other regarding details of the upcoming regional campaign.

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A West and Central Africa Photo-Profile published by UNICEF West & Central Africa Regional Office - September 2004.

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