Jakarta, July 22 -- Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno underscored the importance of accurate data to make stunting handling policies more targeted.

"Indonesia is too large, too diverse to implement uniform policies. To this end, data accuracy is very important," he explained in Jakarta on Monday.

Therefore, the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture signed a cooperation pact with Statistics Indonesia (BPS) in Jakarta on Monday to integrate the National Socioeconomic Single Data (DTSEN) of BPS with data from the health and population and family development ministries.

The agreement also covers compiling indicators and field-based models for stunting, as well as simulation of AI-based inter...