The current prevalence of stunting in Indonesia is in the range of 27 percent, meaning that one in four children in Indonesia experiences it. There is a target to reduce that number to 14 percent in 2024, and even 0 percent in 2030. A sizeable budget is prepared for that.
East Nusa Tenggara is the province with the highest prevalence of stunting in Indonesia. Many efforts have been made, both by the government and by concerned non-governmental organizations.
One of the institutions that pays attention to this issue in NTT is the NGO Ayo Indonesia in Manggarai. The director of the Ayo Indonesia Foundation, Tarsisius Hurmali, revealed that there are socio-cultural problems that make stunting cases in NTT high.
One of them is the tendency of people to misuse money for purposes related to habits in the community, rather than using it for the health sector.
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