Indonesia launches 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.

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Indonesia’s Minister of Cooperatives, Budi Arie Setiadi (L), serves a lunch meal to students on the first day of a free-meal programme at Angkasa 5 Elementary School in Jakarta on January 6, 2025. Indonesia launched an ambitious USD 4.3 billion free-meal programme on January 6 to combat stunted growth due to malnutrition, a key election promise of President Prabowo Subianto. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP

2025-01-06 09:39:07

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, saying it would improve their quality of life and boost economic growth.

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