Reduce the national prevalence of stunting

The Government of Indonesia commits to reducing national prevalence of stunting from 21.5% in 2025 to 14.2% in 2029. This will be achieved by strengthening nutrition and health services, increasing public spending in cost-effective and accountable nutrition-specific and sensitive programs to accelerate progress towards global targets set by World Health Assembly and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The commitment includes enhancing nutrition-specific programs, led by the Ministry of Health, including:

- Ante natal care (ANC) six times for pregnant women

- Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) for pregnant women

- Supplementary feeding programs for pregnant women with chronic energy deficiency (CED)

- Growth monitoring and promotion for children under five

- Promotion, protection, and support for infant and young child feeding (IYCF)

- Management of severe and moderate acute malnutrition (SAM/MAM)

- Iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation for adolescent girls

The Government of Indonesia will also continue investing in the existing social protection programs to ensure equitable access to essential nutrition services and high-quality diets, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations. Furthermore, strengthen the convergence actions across sectors to fulfill population target’s need.

At the same time, efforts will be made to reduce poverty through among others, the Free Nutritious Meals program which will also targeting pregnant and lactating women, young children, and adolescent girls. This commitment will be implemented through multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration. Progress will be monitored annually to ensure alignment with the 2029 target.