JAVA - The Central Java Provincial Government has succeeded in reducing the number of stunting cases, chronic malnutrition that causes growth disorders so that children's bodies become tengkes in 2021.
"According to the research data, stunting in Central Java fell to 19.9 percent or has succeeded in exceeding the target of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), where in the SDGs it is targeted that the stunting rate must be below 20 percent by 2030," said the Head of the Central Java Provincial Health Office. Yulianto Prabowo in Semarang, Antara, Friday, December 31.
Yulianto said that according to data from the Indonesian Nutritional Status Study (SSGI), the number of stunting cases in Central Java in 2021 had fallen to 20 percent from 27 percent in the previous year.
"That's SSGI data that comes from the program, while we have our own data in the form of research reports which are smaller in number than that," he said. Yulianto explained that the number of stunting cases in Central Java which reached 37 percent in 2013 was successfully reduced to 31 percent in 2018.
"In 2021, according to research data, stunting in Central Java will drop to 19.9 percent. So the decline is quite good," he said.
Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo appreciates all who play a role in efforts to reduce stunting cases in Central Java.
"Based on the data, we have succeeded in reducing the stunting rate, but of course we must not be complacent. We must continue to boost programs in order to reduce this stunting rate," he said.
Ganjar said that the provincial government was collaborating with the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) in implementing stunting reduction programs.
The Central Java Provincial Government, among others, runs the Central Java Gayeng Nginceng Wong Meteng (5Ng) Program to reduce stunting cases and reduce maternal and infant mortality in the region.
"With this system, we can find out how many pregnant women are there, it is recorded that a year there are 500 thousand pregnant women in Central Java, then it is narrowed down again, what is the problem, if only 20 percent for example, yes that is the intervention," said the Governor.
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