DPRD Asks Provincial Government For Zero Child Stunting Cases In Jakarta 2045

Stunting Campaign (ANTARA)

The NasDem Party faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD asked the DKI Provincial Government to optimize the stunting handling program in Jakarta so that the number of cases continues to decline.

Secretary of the Nasdem Faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Abdul Azis Muslim, also challenged the DKI Provincial Government to eliminate stunting cases in children to zero by 2045 or the Golden Indonesia period.

"The NasDem faction encourages the 2045 target in terms of stunting prevalence to zero or there are no stunting problems in DKI Jakarta," Aziz said in his statement, Thursday, August 8.

The DPRD asked the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono to instruct all regional work units (SKPD) to participate in implementing the stunting elimination program.

In addition, the need for the application of weight indicators and height of children as one of the things that need to be observed in handling stunting cases.

That way, parents can detect early and quickly take them to the Puskesmas if the child's weight or height is not in accordance with the indicator.

"In addition, it is also necessary to add indicators to the prevalence of wasteing or indicators of children's weight/height at less than five years old based on type," explained Aziz.

"So that with the realization of Jakarta becoming a global city that is advanced, competitive, and sustainable, it is no longer burdened with the problem of stunting in the next 20 years," he added.

For information, Jakarta's stunting prevalence is 17.6 percent in 2023. This figure exceeds the average prevalence of cities in developed countries which is only 5 percent.

The DKI Provincial Government revealed that one of the causes is primary health services, one of which is posyandu which has not been maximized.

The number of active posyandu is only around 8.7 percent, which indicates that primary health services are passive and do not participate in providing basic health services, counseling, and monitoring of family health, nutrition, and the environment.