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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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SatelLife UK - Africa

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SatelLife UK was founded in 1991 with the advent of electronic mail reaching remote corners of the world. It aims to decrease the gap between developing and developed worlds through providing health information to libraries in Africa that have little or no literature to keep them up to date on advances in information management.
Communication Strategies

1992-1996, a pilot partnership between libraries in many countries concentrated on provision of health literature with current journal articles or backruns of requested material. Now a more comprehensive partnership is being formed aimed at support for librarians and others concerned with health information transfer. Individual training and collaborating discussions were held to determine ways to maintain connectivity after the personal visits. Also a newsletter will be provided by AHILA News, this creates a medium for science literature to be made available.
Development Issues

Health and nutrition, education
Key Points

Through these programmes, SatelLife aims to help African countries and other developing countries to find their own solutions. Nevertheless, this group recognises the immediate need for up-to-date health information. Cost-effective long-term development is seen to involve collaboration with other interested parties to devise projects combining journal collection and collection of data for print and electronic distribution.
Partners



SatelLife UK, Library Association (LA) - International Section, Health Libraries Group,

Sources

INASP Newsletter, November 1997. "SatelLife UK initiates health information links" Pages 8-9.