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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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Preschool nutrition and subsequent schooling attainment: Longitudinal evidence from Tanzania

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Alderman, H., H. Hoogeveen, et al. (2009). "Preschool nutrition and subsequent schooling attainment: Longitudinal evidence from Tanzania." Economic Development and Cultural Change 57(2): 239-260.

ABSTRACT: A study was conducted in the Kagera region of Tanzania to detect the impact than an improvement in nutritional status in childhood will have on the child and the future adult. The study explain the impact of nutritional status on both delayed enrollment and final grade achieved by accounting for right-hand truncation of the outcome variable, without which the impact of malnutrition on schooling would be exaggerated. The study combined the 2004 Kagera Health and Development Survey (KHDS) with all individuals who were household members in 1991-94 KHDS. The result shows that the children who are malnourished have lower schooling and delay their school entry. Also the improved health during childhood is effective in increasing the likelihood of completing more grades of schooling. The study revealed that the successful early childhood nutrition interventions can lead to improved education attainments for adolescents.