Human quality greatly affects the success of national development programs in Indonesia. As part of the government’s efforts to ensure successful development, the improvement of human quality and human competitiveness are one of the central concerns in the National Medium-Term Development Plan IV of 2020- 2024. Human quality itself is determined by the quality of a child’s development during her first 1,000 days of life. Inadequate or inappropriate nutritional intake during this ‘golden’ period may lead to a condition known as stunting, which adversely impacts the child later in life. To prevent stunting, cross-sectoral cooperation with programs that complement one another and that corresponds with the life cycle approach is important to have. In line with its primary role in family development. Stunting, according to WHO, is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation.

Indonesia is projected to experience the demographic dividend in 2030, a situation where the people in the productive age group account for the largest portion of the population and will bolster the economy. In 2017, Indonesia’s Human Development Index (HPI) was 70.81, up 0.90 per cent from 2016. However, there is a risk that Indonesia cannot realize this potential dividend due to the high rate of stunting among its people. The individuals affected by stunting will not be able to be competitive – it is akin to losing even before a game begins. Interestingly, the condition of stunting and malnutrition is not limited to children from low-income households. In fact, stunting is also experienced by children from upper-income families (who are at above 40% of the social well-being and economic welfare). Therefore, it is important for everyone, regardless of social and economic background, to have knowledge on healthy diet, healthy childrearing, and sanitation.

In conjunction with International Women Day 2022, we would like to promote accelerating stunting prevention for child in Indonesia. support priority intervention activities, especially to improve coverage and quality of nutrition delivery services to pregnant women and children aged 0-24 months

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