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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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Malaria Indicator Survey: Basic Documentation for Survey Design and Implementation

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Developed by the Survey and Indicator Guidance Task Force of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Campaign, this package of recommended tools aims to provide guidance for assessing coverage of key RBM interventions at the household level including coverage of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), anti-malarial treatment among children under five with fever, and intermittent preventive therapy (IPT) among pregnant women. It includes a standard set of indicators, recommended questionnaire and data tabulation plans for calculation of indicators, and guidance on conducting surveys, designing sampling frames and calculating sample sizes.

Components include:
  • Core Component 1: Household Questionnaire
  • Core Component 2: Women's Questionnaire
  • Core Component 3: Rationale
  • Core Component 4: Interviewer's Manual
  • Core Component 5: Supervisor's Manual
  • Core Component 6: Guidelines for Interviewer Training
  • Core Component 7: Household Listing Manual
  • Core Component 8: Sampling Guidelines
  • Core Component 9: Tabulations for Key Malaria Indicators
  • Biologic Component 1: Anaemia Testing (Preliminary Draft)
  • Complementary Documents 1: A Field Guide to GPS (Global Positioning System) Data Collection & GPS Cluster Position FormApril 2005
  • Complementary Documents 2: PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) Manual for Field Data Collection and Sampling-April 2005
  • Complementary Documents 3: Calculating the Cost of the Malaria Indicator Survey-April 2005

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RBM website, January 28 2006.