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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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Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA)

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The Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA) is a coalition of companies from various industries, all with business interests in Africa, intended to bring the collective force and voice of the private sector to improve the impact of malaria control efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Launched by Marathon Oil in 2007, with GBCHealth as implementing partner, CAMA is designed to provide a forum for corporations working with governments and non-governmental organisations, to cooperate on existing malaria intervention projects, encourage the creation of new partnerships, share best practices, and promote understanding of the fight against malaria.

Communication Strategies

CAMA works to advance the business fight against malaria by providing a common platform of private sector cooperation in host-countries, and by sharing information and best practices. CAMA's goal is to build country-level capacity for effective malaria control and eventual elimination. CAMA also seeks to identify needs and gaps in-country and mobilises business contributions to fill them.

In addition, CAMA works to promote multi-company and multi-sector partnerships to increase the scale and impact of malaria control initiatives. This means encouraging more private sector companies in Africa to join existing companies in this movement to help support the implementation of new and existing malaria intervention projects. CAMA acts as a resource for other companies interested in getting involved in malaria control throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

According to CAMA, exchanging knowledge and current best practices while providing heightened visibility for corporate engagement on malaria control gives involved companies a new angle on their participation in social development. Involved companies work closely with the United States Malaria Coordinator on implementation of the President’s Malaria Initiative in order to advocate more widespread change.

CAMA has produced a "Company Management Guide: Implementing an Integrated Malaria Control Program"(See Related Summary link below)
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Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA)
Click here to access the online contact form.

Development Issues

Malaria

Partners

Marathon Oil Corporation, Bayer Environmental Science, Global Industries, Cameron International, Coca Cola Africa, Chevron, EDG Engineers, Halliburton, Noble Energy, and Wood Group

Sources

GB Gealth website on April 26 2012.