The COVID-19 pandemic is undermining nutrition across the world including Indonesia. Consequent nationwide school closures have also led to disruption of the WIFA supplementation program which is no longer accessible to adolescent girls through the regular school platform. Some innovations to continue deliver the WIFA supplementation to adolescent girls during distance learning due to COVID-19 have been implementing by Puskesmas and District Health Office in several provinces including West Java and Banten.
Government of Indonesia through a joint decree signed in March 2021 by the education minister, health minister, home minister and religious minister started reopening schools with extra cautions due to the C-19 pandemic starting in July 2021. Only 25 percent of the total number of students are allowed to attend classrooms at a time and student attendance is limited to twice per week. While other students will follow the distance learning. While the schools have started to reopen, the WIFA supplementation for adolescent girls is continue channeled through school and existing community platform such as "Youth Posyandu". Therefore, capacity, and strong collaboration among multi-stakeholders including capacity of UKS/M managers at all levels to implement, monitor the program and report the coverage data need to be strengthened.
The proposal shall be put into a covering email specifically indicating with subject line:
proposalsindonesia@nutritionintl.org
The COVID-19 pandemic is undermining nutrition across the world including Indonesia. Consequent nationwide school closures have also led to disruption of the WIFA supplementation program which is no longer accessible to adolescent girls through the regular school platform. Some innovations to continue deliver the WIFA supplementation to adolescent girls during distance learning due to COVID-19 have been implementing by Puskesmas and District Health Office in several provinces including West Java and Banten.
Government of Indonesia through a joint decree signed in March 2021 by the education minister, health minister, home minister and religious minister started reopening schools with extra cautions due to the C-19 pandemic starting in July 2021. Only 25 percent of the total number of students are allowed to attend classrooms at a time and student attendance is limited to twice per week. While other students will follow the distance learning. While the schools have started to reopen, the WIFA supplementation for adolescent girls is continue channeled through school and existing community platform such as "Youth Posyandu". Therefore, capacity, and strong collaboration among multi-stakeholders including capacity of UKS/M managers at all levels to implement, monitor the program and report the coverage data need to be strengthened.
Deadline for submission: Wednesday, January 05, 2022
The proposal shall be put into a covering email specifically indicating with subject line:
proposalsindonesia@nutritionintl.org