Abstract
Background: Wasting is a major problem among children under five in Indonesia, especially in Palembang, South Sumatera. Effective interventions to prevent and combat wasting through nutrition education, increasing the coverage of children under five weighing and providing additional feeding. This study aimed to analyze the supplemen�tary feeding policy for wasting children under five.
Subjects and Method: This was a qualitative study was conducted using descriptive phenomenon by directly exploring, analyzing and describing the phenomenon of imple�menting SF with research samples namely the head of the health service, head of the family health section of the health service, head of the community health center, nutri�tion management staff at the community health center, integrated healthcare center cad�res, human development cadres, field officers family planning, family assistance team, village chief.
Results: The results showed that the implementation of the coordination policy is going well, communication has been running but has not been optimal due to the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources in the implementation of the nutrition program are very lacking in terms of staff, disposition or attitude of the nutrition program imple�menters towards wasting rates and commitment as evidenced by building commitment during stunting meetings, the bureaucratic structure already refers to regulations and guidelines and SOPs for nutrition programs.
Conclusion: The implementation of the coordination policy is going well, but it needs improvement after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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