EAST Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is one of Indonesia’s poorest provinces, having the lowest health development index in the country. There is prevalence of malnutrition and lack of food, on top of a high mortality rate among mothers and children. The administration of Kupang, the provincial capital, has vowed to overcome the problem by executing a revolutionary health program for mother and child, better known as the Mother and Child Health (MCH) progr