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African development action with informed and engaged societies
Soul Beat Africa
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 lainiciativadecomunicacion.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Sex, Lies & AIDS

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India — with South Africa — has the world's largest number of people infected with HIV, with close to 5 million Indians currently infected. Demolishing the stock stereotypes about Indians being asexual and government claims that the epidemic is being controlled, Dube shows why the World Bank fears that in another 5 years as many as 40 million Indians may be infected with HIV, the AIDS virus. Already, Mumbai, Pune and several other places are in the thick of full-fledged epidemics. And 2 million or more Indians have died of AIDS, twice the number of Indians killed in the bloodshed of Partition. Why is the government failing to prevent this mammoth tragedy? Why is the average Indian — whether poor or middle-class or rich — so vulnerable to contracting HIV/AIDS? Will AIDS devastate India as it has Africa? These and other questions are the subject of this riveting mix of journalism and analysis. Simply written and with cartoons.

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