MAMPUKAH INDONESIA BERSEPAKAT UNTUK MELAKUKAN PENINGKATAN SUMBERDAYA MANUSIA (SDM) YANG CERDAS DAN BERKUALITAS

Abstract

Malnutrition remains widespread and serious in Indonesia. It is almost halve of the Indonesian population suffer from several malnutrition forms and nearly 40% preschool children  are  stunted.  Malnutrition  influences  a  huge  economic  burden,  investing  in nutrition  program  is  important  for  human  development.  However,  Indonesia  seems investing nutrition only as an intervention in health, agriculture, or social protection and not as an outcome measure of development. Nutrition is one of the most sensitive overall  measures  of  poverty  reduction,  where  this  is  defined  as  improving  human development.  This  article  analyzed  secondary  available  data  from  National  SocioEconomic Survey (SUSENAS) to present the evidence of missing opportunity in human development improvement program indicated by nutrition situation stays at the same figures even the prevalence of underweight tend to increased for the last 5 years. The assessment also showed that politically the government has committed to give more money to nutrition; however this commitment should be followed by bringing the involved stakeholders on nutrition to improve the quality of intervention in order to reach the targeted impact. It is recommended that Indonesia should start preparing complete information for reviewing strategy that will  benefit to the community, provide policy analysis, as well as improving program management.