Vice President Visits Children With Stunting In Kendari

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin visited children with stunting in Kendari. (Between)

KENDARI - Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin visited children with malnutrition or stunting at the Lepolepo Health Center, Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra).

"Mr. Vice President has seen directly the officers at Posyandu at the Lepolepo Health Center," said Head of the Southeast Sulawesi Health Service (Dinkes) Hj Usniah when met in Kendari, Thursday, March 21, as quoted by Antara.

Usniah said that Ma'ruf's visit was only to check the progress of stunting in Kendari City.

"His visit was that he wanted to see the stunting program children in Southeast Sulawesi how to handle it," he said.

He also explained that the Puskesmas and the Southeast Sulawesi Health Office had prepared tasks as Posyandu cadres or the duties of health workers.

"For stunting sufferers in Southeast Sulawesi Province, there are 12,898 children, while for Kendari City there are 452 children. The average cause of stunting in Southeast Sulawesi is due to malnutrition or old chronicism, since the first 1,000 days of birth," he said.

The Vice President's working visit to Kendari City carried out two activities, namely the inauguration of the Regional Committee for Sharia Economics and Finance (KDEKS) of Southeast Sulawesi Province and visiting children with stunting at the Lepolepo Health Center.

During the visit, the Vice President was accompanied by Mrs. Wury Ma'ruf and Acting Governor (Pj) of Southeast Sulawesi Komjen Pol (ret) Andap Budhi Revianto, Acting Mayor of Kendari Muhammad Yusup, and Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda) of Southeast Sulawesi.