Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Appreciates, In A Year Stunting Cases In Kaltara Dropped Drastically By 5.4 Percent

Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Muhadjir Effendy

JAKARTA - The number of stunting or stunting cases in children in North Kalimantan (Kaltara) fell drastically by 5.4 percent from 27.5 percent to 22.1 percent in 2022.Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy gave appreciation to the Provincial Government of North Kalimantan (Kaltara) for optimizing stunting prevalence and extreme poverty programs in the local area. "The government of North Kalimantan province is quite progressive in "Taking care of the social problems of extreme poverty and stunting," said Muhadjir Effendy in his statement in Jakarta, Tuesday. Muhadjir explained that his party had carried out intensive coordination with the North Kalimantan Provincial Government which was carried out virtually in the context of the Online Roadshow for the Acceleration of Stunting Reduction and Elimination of Extreme Poverty. In the coordination meeting, it was known that based on the 2022 Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey (SSGI), the stunting rate in Kaltara was 22.1 percent. experienced a significant decline of 5.4 percent compared to 2021 which amounted to 27.5 percent. Meanwhile, the extreme poverty rate in North Kalimantan in 2022 is getting closer to 0 percent, namely, by 0.63 percent or down by 0.23 percent from 0.86 percent in 2021. related to this, the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture requested that the handling of stunting and extreme poverty in Kaltara continue to be accelerated. "Going hand in hand," he said. Based on the results of the Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey (SSGI), stunting prevalence in Indonesia in 2022 fell to 21.6 percent from 24.4 percent in 2021. "The government targets stunting prevalence to decrease to 14 percent by 2024," said Muhadjir. Government, he said, also targets to eliminate extreme poverty from four percent or 10.86 million people by 2021 to zero percent by 2024. Meanwhile, Kaltara Governor Zainal Arifin Paliwang said that his party is working seriously to eliminate extreme poverty. "Efforts are made through multi-sectoral collaboration, both central, provincial, district/city, sub-district, village/kelurahan and non-governmental institutions," he said. Governor said he was optimistic that he could achieve the national target by 2024. Namely zero percent extreme poverty and 14 percent prevalence stunting.