This paper presents five propositions on excellence in nutrition communication programmes and proposes a coordinated communication model for nutrition communication in Sub-Saharan Africa. In identifying some of the communication problems in the region, it notes that malnutrition results from both a failure to communicate and from a deemphasis of nutrition programmes on relationships between effective nutrition education and programmes that will facilitate the collaboration of nutritionists and communicators for the region's development. A nutrition-assessment project in Zomba, Malawi, is used to illustrate the model.
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