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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.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Health Information for Development (HID) - Global

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The Health Information for Development project was launched in January 2000, and aims to compile a Global Directory of Health Information Resource Centres by August 2000, working with a wide range of partners throughout the world. This is a philanthropic, public domain project.
Communication Strategies

Short Questionnaires in English, French, Spanish, Swahili and Russian.
Development Issues

Health, education.
Key Points

The Health Information for Development project is seen as the first phase of the much-larger, $45 m Information Waystations and Staging Posts project, which aims to establish a global network of 1,000 health information resource centres that will provide locally appropriate content on health issues. The project is intended to reinforce existing health services and education systems, not replace them. Funding is currently being sought for this five-year project. In the second phase, they will upgrade selected resource centres into Information Waystations and create a network. An Information Waystation is a local point of access to health information received electronically. It has a PC, CD-ROM & databases, printer, modem, reliable satellite or land telephone, and prepaid broadband Internet access. In the third phase, they will select some IWs for upgrading into Staging Posts, which will act as "relay stations", translating and adapting information materials in order to make them locally appropriate. Maintenance and training will be provided in all cases.
Partners



Funding for this project has been provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program at PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health).

Sources

Letter from Chris Zielinski to The Communication Initiative.