Jakarta (ANTARA) - Director of family economic empowerment at the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN), Ahmad Taufik, has said that efforts to eradicate stunting will require strong commitment from Indonesian families.
"With our philosophy, we want to encourage Indonesian families to prevent stunting massively," he said at a webinar entitled “National Family Day, Let's Prevent Stunting to Make Families Free from Stunting,” which was accessed from here on Friday.
He invited Indonesian families to work together to prevent stunting using their own methods, patterns, and strategies The prevalence of stunting in Indonesia is currently still high at 24.4 percent. However, there has been a fair decline from the previous figure of 27 percent.
The Indonesian government is targeting to reduce the stunting rate to 14 percent by 2024. However, the target will not be easy to achieve, considering that 2024 is not far away.
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For that reason, the ranks of the BKKBN at the central, provincial, and regional levels are continuing to carry out activities that contribute to stunting reduction efforts, Taufik noted.
