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Opinion 6 years ago

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Local initiatives on stunting need government support

In regions with a high stunting prevalence, the current health budget allocation from the central government is insufficient to support local initiatives, even while government regulations oblige villages to boost their health budget.

Opinion 6 years ago

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Protecting our young, ensuring our future

While many healthy children can fight the infection with their natural defenses, children whose immune systems are weakened by malnutrition are at a higher risk of contracting pneumonia — a challenge we are already facing in our country.

National 6 years ago

Regency in Jambi raises stunting alert as rate reaches 40 percent

Ernawati, the head of the East Tanjung Jabung Health Agency’s family health and nutrition division, said that the cases of stunting in the area were driven by bad sanitation and malnutrition among children.

Opinion 7 years ago

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Water for all, health for all

While only 6 percent of people in Jakarta lack access to proper sanitation, in rural Papua the number reaches 98 percent, as cited by the World Bank in 2016.

Opinion 7 years ago

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Stunting stunts Indonesia’s demographic dividend

The prevalence of childhood stunting in Indonesia has remained high over the past decade. According to the Health Ministry, the prevalence of stunted children rose from 35.6 percent in 2010 to 37.2 percent in 2013.

City 7 years ago

Jakarta commits to tackling stunting

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said the city administration is committed to tackling stunting given that 27 percent of Jakarta children still suffer from the condition.