Indonesia launches free meals program to feed children and pregnant women to fight stunting
Indonesia’s new government has started an ambitious $28 million project to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition and stunting although critics question whether the nationwide program is affordable.
Indonesia launches ambitious free-meal programme to combat stunting
Indonesia launched an ambitious $4.3 billion free-meal programme on Monday to combat stunted growth due to malnutrition, a key election promise of President Prabowo Subianto. Prabowo has pledged to provide nutritious meals free to tens of millions of schoolchildren and pregnant women,
Indonesia launches free-meals to combat stunting
President Prabowo has pledged to provide nutritious meals free to tens of millions of schoolchildren and pregnant women
Indonesia launches ambitious free-meal program to combat stunting
Stunting affects 21.5 percent of children in the archipelago of some 282 million people. The government aims to reduce the rate to five percent by 2045.
Indonesia launches free-meal programme to combat stunting
Prabowo pledged to provide meals free to tens of millions of schoolchildren and pregnant women. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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