This was conveyed by the ministry's deputy for human, community, and cultural development, Amich Alhumami, at the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Annual Meeting 2024 here on Monday.
Under the Golden Indonesia vision, Indonesia is targeting to increase its per capita income to US$30,300, among other things.
To realize the vision, he said, the government has included nutritional and health development transformation in the 2025–2045 National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) and the 2025–2029 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN).
"We place health development and nutritional development as very central parts in the big framework of human development," he added.
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He said he hopes that in the future, the transformation of nutritional development will continue to be strengthened through integrated programs, especially in the first 1,000 days of a child's life, to create quality human resources capable of making Indonesia a developed country by 2045.
He then highlighted the importance of reducing stunting prevalence and increasing life expectancy as the two things are considered key indicators of human development.
Alhumami also underscored the significant reduction in the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women from 48.9 percent in 2018 to 27.7 percent in 2023.
However, he emphasized that challenges related to stunting and malnutrition still need to be addressed through cross-sector synergy.
"The first 1,000 days of life is a main focus that we continue to pay attention to. Stunting reduction must be a priority agenda that involves all parties," he said.
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Translator: Tri Meilani, Raka Adji
Editor: Yuni Arisandy Sinaga
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