#infants

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Several new COVID-19 transmission clusters found in Surabaya

The Surabaya City Health Office has found several new clusters of COVID-19 transmission in the East Java provincial ...

Central Java among regions with highest stunting prevalence: BKKBN

Central Java has joined regions with the highest prevalence of stunting in Indonesia, head of the National Population ...

Jakarta remains at level 3 PPKM with less COVID-19 testing

The government had prolonged the level 3 community activities restriction status for Jakarta, and the number of people ...

Infants account for 3% Omicron deaths: ministry

Three percent or 33 of the 1,090 patients who have died of Omicron in Indonesia so far have been infants aged under ...

Planning pregnancies can help prevent childhood stunting: BKKBN

Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN), Dr. Hasto Wardoyo, Sp.OG. (K), has advised all ...

Omicron changes COVID-19 trend in children: Epidemiologist

The trend of COVID-19 cases in children had changed since the emergence of the new variant Omicron, according to ...

Stunting, obesity both extreme cases: Jakarta Governor

 Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that chronic lack of nutrition in infants, which results in shortened ...

Improving child nutrition key to prevent stunting: BKKBN

There is an urgent need to improve nutrition in children during their first thousand days (HPK) to reduce the ...

Nutrition must be taught in schools: Jakarta health office

The Jakarta Health Office has urged authorities to consider including modules on balanced nutrition in the school ...

BKKBN, Bulog distribute fortified rice to prevent stunting

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) and State Logistics Agency (Bulog) distributed rice ...

Preventing stunting, obesity important for building quality HR

The agenda for preventing stunting and obesity for handling the nutrition problem in Indonesia is important for ...

Sadikin presses for multi-party involvement to improve child nutrition

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has appealed to all parties to get actively involved in improving children’s ...

BKKBN launches progestin pill for supporting exclusive breastfeeding

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) officially launched progestin, a safe birth control pill for ...

Indonesia must restrict no more than 680,000 stunted babies annually

To reduce childhood stunting to 14 percent by 2024, stunting at birth needs to be limited so that no more than 680 ...

President keen stunting prevention program transcends symbolic events

President Joko Widodo directed government officials to ensure that the stunting prevention program continues beyond ...