Malnutrition cases in Nusa Tenggara,Indonesia that have infected 51 children and killed 7 of those have been taken care by the government.The government sent its people to Nusa Tenggara in order to give socialization of the importance of treatment in hospital to those who are infected.It's an effort to prevent the following death of malnutrition case.
Beside that,the Health Minister of Indonesia,Siti Fadilah Supari said the government take out 150 billion rupiah to improve indonesian nutrition.She also said that related to the cases in Nusa Tenggara the 150 billion budget won't be enough.That's why she will try to get more budget.
According to data,8 percent kids under 5 years old in Indonesia are potentially infected by this desease because they don't get enough nutrition.It means that about 376.000 kids are threated to be infected.In past 5 months many cases of malnutrition are already found.51 kids infected and 7 passed away is ENOUGH.It's tragic because Nusa Tenggara has surplus in rice harvest.In fact it has become the national rice supplier in Indonesia.
But again and again,the main cause is POVERTY.No matter how much the food we got as long as the people don't have money to buy it,the case may continue...