Indonesia Occupies the Fifth Rank as The State is Malnutrition in the World

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Indonesia Health Minister, Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said Indonesia was currently ranked fifth in the nation with global malnutrition. "Ranked fifth for the total population in Indonesia is also the world's fourth largest," Endang said in a press conference after opening a national seminar at Balai Kartini Jakarta, Wednesday, January 18, 2012.

Endang said that the number of children under five who are malnourished in Indonesia is currently around 900 thousand inhabitants. This amount is 4.5 percent of total Indonesian children under five, ie 23 million inhabitants. Malnutrition areas scattered across Indonesia, not only the eastern part of Indonesia.

To resolve this problem, Health Minister invited all stakeholders from governments, international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and community to give priority to improving food and nutrition in every policy. This step, he said, should be followed by implementation of good and proper evaluation.

Endang also admitted that he would coordinate with other ministries to overcome this problem. "We will ask the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare to collect the ministries related to the food problem in order to synergize and work together to solve the problem of malnutrition," he said. The Ministry is Endang is Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Maritime Affairs.

Source: Tempo.co