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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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Patients | Choices | Empowerment Competition

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The Ashoka's Changemakers Initiative and Amgen invite entries in a competition to find social innovations on patient empowerment solutions. They are searching for innovative ideas to elevate patients’ voices and their decision-making powers to improve health outcomes. Organisations, projects, and well-thought-out ideas can be entered to provide solutions to improving support mechanisms for patients worldwide. Assessment criteria are: innovation, social impact, and sustainability.

Winners will receive US$10,000 to support their idea or innovation, and there is an additional prize of US$1,000 for early entries. Additional funding of up to US$1 million is available from the Amgen Foundation for those entries and organisations that have a proven track record of bringing their solutions to scale.

Application Info

Entries must:

  • Reflect the theme of the competition: Patients| Choices| Empowerment
  • Demonstrate innovative solutions that elevate patients’ voices to improve health outcomes.
  • Indicate growth beyond the stage of idea, concept, or research. At a minimum, entries should be at the demonstration stage and indicate success. While the competition supports new ideas at every stage and encourages their entry, the judges are better able to evaluate programmes that are beyond the conceptual stage, and have demonstrated a proof of impact, even at small scale.
  • Be submitted in English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish.




Click here for more information.

Source

Email from Tyler Ahn to The Communication Initiative on July 14 2010.