Minister urges field workers to compile 3B free meal data for synchronisation

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Population and Family Development and Head of the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) Wihaji has requested frontline field workers, particularly Family Assistance Teams (TPK), to contribute to compiling distribution data for the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme targeting pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and toddlers (3B).

This is intended to support data synchronisation with the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) as part of governance improvements for the MBG programme.

“I am asking the field line to create their own data, because if not, it will not be synchronised. We have already started this. Each party must ensure this data is accurate to serve as a comparison from our ministry, reporting from the TPKs on the actual number of beneficiaries from this 3B group,” he said during a working meeting with House of Representatives Commission IX monitored from Jakarta on Wednesday.

Wihaji noted that, based on the latest data, only 75 percent, or 22,672 units, of the Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG) are currently serving the 3B group.

“But once again, out of the 25 million target, coverage is still at 38.51 percent, and we are beginning to build new communication with the BGN,” he stated.

According to him, the 3B MBG programme is a joint effort to realise healthy families and a quality generation towards the Golden Indonesia 2045 vision. Therefore, the presence of TPKs to educate families on the importance of the 3B MBG is essential to support governance improvements.

“The 3B MBG is important because this is the upstream area that must be tackled together. Under Presidential Regulation Number 115 of 2025, the TPK’s mandate is to distribute the 3B MBG and provide education on nutritional knowledge, behavioural change, and programme sustainability within the community,” he explained.

The minister further elaborated that, based on the presidential regulation, the TPK’s duties are to distribute MBG to beneficiaries and educate families on healthy food consumption patterns.

“From these two TPK roles, as of today there are 200,276 teams totalling 599,918 personnel, comprising family planning cadres, PKK cadres, and midwives. The total number of TPK members who have distributed the 3B MBG is 122,108 people,” Wihaji concluded.