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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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Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention

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This website is designed to generate and share evidence-based information about the role of male circumcision in HIV prevention. In its archives on policies and programmes, research, advocacy, training, and publications, it contains:

 

  • A browsable database of scientific abstracts and full-text articles
  • An inventory of research activities on male circumcision
  • Tools and guidelines for provider training and programme scale-up
  • Evidence-based protocols and guidelines
  • A compendium of better and best practices
  • Summaries of advocacy issues and civil society engagement
  • An opportunity to sign up for an RSS feed on news related to male circumcision
  • A global mechanism for exchanging and integrating information on male circumcision programmes and associated services

 

 

The Clearinghouse was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), and Family Health International (FHI) to provide evidence-based guidance to support the delivery of safe male circumcision services as one component in a comprehensive approach to HIV-prevention services. According to its creators, material on the website has been reviewed by experts from institutions around the world, including:

 

  • AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
  • Family Health International
  • Harvard University School of Public Health
  • JHPIEGO (Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics)
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • UNAIDS
  • University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
  • World Health Organization

 

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Press release from David Hock on February 25 2009.