Indonesia - Nutrition at a Glance

Malnutrition is responsible for nearly half (45 percent) of all deaths in children under five. Children who are undernourished between conception and age two are at high risk for impaired cognitive development, which adversely affects the country?s productivity and growth. The World Bank is supporting nutrition-related interventions through multiple projects. For example, the PNPM Generasi Sehat dan Cerdas (National Program for Community Empowerment, Healthy and Bright Generation) has set nutrition-sensitive targets including improving the use of maternal and child health services and consumption of Vitamin A for children under five. In 2014, PNPM Generasi is expected to extend to three more provinces, and to include a new focus on stunting reduction by providing IYCF (Infant and Young Child Feeding) training to service providers and community volunteers to improve their counseling skills. In the PKH/Program Keluarga Harapan, a conditional cash transfer is being piloted to focus on improving the health and education services utilization including prenatal and postnatal check-ups, professionally attended birth, growth promotion and monitoring, Vitamin A supplementation, etc. At the policy level, the World Bank is supporting the Review of Double Burden of Malnutrition (DBM) in Indonesia to discuss the magnitude and causes of this emerging problem, and to improve the capacity and governance to address the DBM in the country.