The health of adolescent girls is fundamental to the quality of Indonesia’s future generations, and in West Java, this challenge is being addressed through increasingly strong collaboration between stakeholders across sectors. As an implementing partner and technical organizer, RISE Foundation played a role in designing, coordinating, and facilitating the Provincial Annual Meeting with Nutrition International, which was held on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at the Grand Tebu Hotel, Bandung. This meeting served as a strategic forum to review the implementation of adolescent nutrition and TTD (Iron-Folic Acid Tablets) supplementation programs in 2025 and to finalize action plans for 2026.
The adolescent nutrition and TTD supplementation program in West Java is part of a long journey that began in 2015, when Nutrition International, together with the Government of Canada, supported the Ministry of Health in its efforts to prevent anemia among school-age adolescent girls. Significant transformation has been seen since the piloting phase in Cimahi City and Purwakarta Regency to the expansion of assistance to the entire West Java region. Now, the main focus has shifted to strengthening TTD consumption compliance, with a minimum target of 26 to 52 tablets per year for each female student at the junior high and high school levels.
In its implementation, the RISE Foundation designed and managed this Annual Meeting with a blended approach, combining offline participation in Bandung and online involvement for districts/cities throughout West Java. Through this approach, the RISE Foundation ensured the involvement of all 27 districts/cities, both those present in person and those participating online, in the process of drafting the follow-up plan.
The meeting agenda was organized into panel sessions and group discussions. In the panel sessions, the RISE Foundation facilitated a cross-sector policy panel featuring representatives from the Ministry of Health, the West Java Provincial Office of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the West Java Provincial Education Office, the West Java Provincial Social Office, the National Nutrition Agency, and Nutrition International. This session served as a forum for aligning policy directions, implementation achievements, cross-sectoral roles, and strategic priorities to strengthen the coverage of adolescent nutrition programs and TTD supplementation.
One of the crucial points discussed at this Annual Meeting was how to ensure that every policy from the health, education, and religious sectors is aligned in the field. Through a dynamic panel discussion, we witnessed how adolescent nutrition interventions, including TTD supplementation, have been mainstreamed by the Education Office through school and madrasah curricula. In addition, national policies have also been integrated with local wisdom through various innovative programs, such as synergy with the National Nutrition Agency’s Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program and the optimization of People’s Schools by the West Java Provincial Social Services Agency.
As part of a participatory approach, the RISE Foundation also facilitated a “Voices from the Field” session to present direct perspectives from the field. In this session, representatives of adolescents and teachers from SMPN 37 Kota Bandung shared their experiences and efforts in supporting the implementation of adolescent nutrition interventions and TTD supplementation in their schools, as well as the impact on student concentration and health.
With broad cross-sector participation, both in-person and online, this meeting successfully built a collective commitment to achieve TTD coverage and compliance by 2026. Through its role as an implementing partner, the RISE Foundation is committed to continuing to bridge policy, data, and field practices to support the prioritization of adolescent nutrition programs. With collaboration and accurate data, West Java has the potential to become a pioneer in creating a generation of adolescent girls who are free from anemia and highly competitive.
