Jakarta, March 8 -- The Ministry of Population and Family Development is collaborating with the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture to update stunting data to create stunting reduction policies that are more effective and accurate.

In a meeting here on Friday, Secretary of the Ministry of Population and Family Development Budi Setiyono and Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture Imam Machdi highlighted the importance of data for stunting reduction acceleration efforts.

"Every year, verification and validation are carried out for around 20 percent of data. However, this year, the updates are fewer due to efficiency," Setiyono noted in an official statement here on Friday.

He explained...