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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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Palliative Care Public Health Policy and Advocacy Awards for Africa

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This award seeks to recognise the cumulative contributions of an African Ministry of Health, an individual, and an institution whose public policy advocacy efforts at the national, regional, or international level have improved patient access to palliative care in Africa. The award is offered by the African Palliative Care Association (APCA), with funding from the Open Society Foundations (OSF).
The winning Public Health Policy Award for an African Ministry of Health will be awarded a plaque and an all-expenses-paid trip for one representative to the APCA-HPCA conference in Johannesburg, South Africa from September 17-20 2013. The institutional winner will be awarded US$750 with an all-expenses-paid trip for the executive director or founder to the 2013 APCA-HPCA conference. The individual winner will be awarded US$500 and an all-expenses-paid trip to the conference. According to the organiser, a jury of palliative care and advocacy experts will select candidates who have exemplified excellence in advocacy and public health policy in Africa.
Click here for more information about the award.

Application Info

Registration information: Francophone, Lusophone, and North African applicants are encouraged to apply. All entries must be accompanied by a completed online application form (downloadable from the conference website) and entrants are advised to keep copies of all material submitted.
Submissions should include the following information:

  • A letter of endorsement from either: the nominee’s institutional head of department, organisational executive director, a key partner or stakeholder in palliative care, and/or director of the programme being nominated to address the nominee's impact on palliative care health policy or advocacy.
  • Curriculum Vitae of the individual nominee, or of the director of the programme, institution or association being nominated for an institutional award.
  • A list detailing key public policy advocacy activities warranting the award (500 word limit).
  • Reprints of published papers (where relevant) or broadly disseminated reports related to the award.

Click here to make a nomination online.

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African Palliative Care Association website on June 22 2013.
Image credit: Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU).