#stunting prevention

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Stunting rate expected to reduce to 14 percent by 2024

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin is optimistic that Indonesia's stunting prevalence rate would reduce to 14 ...

Pandemic increasing prevalence of stunting: BKKBN

The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the increase in the prevalence of stunting, head of the National Population ...

Stunting prevention starts from family level: IPB University expert

Stunting prevention in Indonesia can be prevented by optimizing family functions, IPB University lecturer Dr Tin ...

Preventing stunting vital to reap demographic bonus: FP agency

Stunting prevention has become integral to efforts to achieve the demographic bonus in Indonesia, the National ...

Social affairs ministry to reduce stunting rates in five provinces

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has tasked the Social Affairs Ministry to contribute to the government's endeavors ...

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Eye on human capital, Indonesia ramps up fight against stunting

The Joko Widodo administration has set human resource development as its priority program for the second presidential ...

BKKBN appointed to lead endeavors to prevent stunting: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has tasked the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) with handling the ...

Amin entreats regional heads to remain committed to fight stunting

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin earnestly sought the unwavering, strong commitment of regional heads to lower the ...

Regional expansion is not primary answer to regions' problems: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin opined that the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) is not the primary solution to ...

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Integrated teams to combat stunting, enhance human resources quality

The Joko Widodo administration has outlined a reduction in the stunting and poverty rates as among the key targets for ...

Government prioritizes efforts to curb stunting, poverty rates

Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto cited reduction in the stunting and poverty rates as among this year's key ...

Integrated teams to be set up to cut stunting rate in 160 districts

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, in his capacity as chairman of the Poverty Eradication Acceleration Team (TNP2K), will ...

282,627 infants in Bogor suffer from stunted growth

The prevalence of stunting in Bogor District, West Java Province, stood at 32.9 percent with 859,501 infants in 2018, ...

UI educates local residents about stunting prevention efforts

The University of Indonesia's (UI's) Faculty of Public Health has collaborated with the authorities of Babakan ...

East Nusa Tenggara battles to combat childhood stunting

The East Nusa Tenggara provincial government has been making strenuous efforts to reduce stunting among children, to ...