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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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Licensed Chemical Sellers Trainers Manual for Managing Malaria In The Community

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Published by Family Health International (FHI), this 28-page manual was produced to support the training of facilitators of the Mobilize Against Malaria (MAM) Licensed Chemical Sellers (LCS) training programme. The key objective of the MAM training programme is to bring about behaviour change in LCSs and shop assistants, from passive "sellers" of medicine to active "recognition, treatment, and referral" of malaria cases leading to an overall reduction of malaria-related morbidity and mortality in Ghana. This manual is intended to provide guidance to trainers on how to present the information and get the message across effectively to LCS and shop assistants.
The manual has the following chapters:
  • Chapter 1: Trainer Instructions and Training Session Outline
  • Chapter 2: Suggested Presentation Plan
  • Chapter 3: Training Evaluation
The training programme is divided into seven modules:
  • Module 1: Mobilize Against Malaria
  • Module 2: Malaria Basics
  • Module 3: Skills for Dispensing Medicine to Public
  • Module 4: Malaria Symptom Recognition
  • Module 5: Malaria Treatment
  • Module 6: Referral and Documentation
  • Module 7: Client Care and Messaging
A Training Slide Deck accompanies the manual with illustrations and pictures to assist the trainer with presenting the material.
Publication Date
Languages

English

Number of Pages

28

Source

Family Healthy International website on October 6 2011.

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Click here to download the training guide in PDF format.