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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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Effect of nutrition and health education to rural women on the awareness, practices and nutritional status of ICDS children

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Devi, P. Y. and T. V. N. Padmavati (2006). "Effect of nutrition and health education to rural women on the awareness, practices and nutritional status of ICDS children." Journal of Research ANGRAU 34(1): 78-81.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the nutrition and health education programme of the Integrated Child Development Services on the nutrition/health knowledge levels and hygienic practices of women, and on the nutritional status of their children.

Methods: Anganwadi workers carried out the education programme, which consisted of 12 sessions (one per month). A total of 300 children and their mothers were included in the intervention group, while another 100 children and their mothers served as the control group. All participants were recruited from rural communities in the Mahaboobnagar District of Andhra Pradesh, India [date not given].

Results: Mothers in the intervention group had significantly higher scores on nutrition and health knowledge, and hygienic practices than the control mothers. The education intervention did not have significant impact on the nutritional status of children.

Conclusion: This study confirms the value of an education programme in improving the nutrition and health knowledge of rural mothers.