Health and Nutrition

(Continued from Overview - Health & Nutrition)

UNICEF is the only multilateral agency with a substantial field presence in Indonesia, and most of its health and nutrition projects focus on poor, rural areas. As such, it has a unique status among development partners, both as an internationally-supported source of technical expertise and advocacy for key areas of child health, and as a grassroots partner for implementation and innovation across the nation. This fosters both broad perspective and the capacity to support the government effectively at national, provincial and district levels.

UNICEF’s Health and Nutrition program works closely with Indonesia’s key Ministry of Health directorates particularly the Community Health, Communicable Diseases and Environmental Health.  It provides technical assistance to government programs deemed as national priorities including specific activities such as vaccination campaigns.

After the May 27, 2006 earthquake in Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces, UNICEF, in partnership with the Indonesian government and the WHO, conducted a measles vaccination campaign and Vitamin A distribution to children aged 6 – 59 months. In Yogyakarta the campaign targeted 91,188 children from 142 villages and in Klaten in Central Java 62,969 children from 120 villages. The target population of 15-60 years old will reach approximately 659,890 people in Central Java and 834,986 in Yogyakarta to get tetanus vaccine provided partly by UNICEF.