Dear Students, Do You Know The Meaning Of Preconceptions That Are Important To Lower Stunting Rates?

JAKARTA - Lowering stunting rates is not only the responsibility of parents. In order to achieve the golden generation, students who enter adolescence need to gain knowledge of the importance of preconception.

Preconception is a two-word merger, namely pre-meaning pre-conception which means a meeting between a female egg and a male sperm cell. Preconceptions are carried out to identify and modify biomedical, mechanical and social risks to the health of women or productive age partners who are planning to get pregnant.

Efforts to improve health before pregnancy are things that must be done. What is the goal? So that various health problems that usually haunt future mothers such as anemia, bleeding, infection, hypertension and diabetes in pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS can be avoided so that stunting does not occur.

This preconception can be started as a teenager. So, students can prepare themselves in advance. To equip students, the Institute of Domestic Administration carried out online and offline Stadium General activities by inviting the Governor of West Kalimantan, the Governor of Maluku represented by the Head of the Maluku Province Bappeda and the Mayor of Bukittinggi.

This activity is one of a series of activities in order to welcome the 67th IPDN Christmas service which will be held on March 17, 2023. IPDN Chancellor, Dr. Hadi Prabowo, MM. together with H. Sutarmidji, SH, M. Hum., Dr. Anton A. Lailossa, ST, M.Si and H. Erman Safar, SH talked about Regional Development Policy Strategies, especially in terms of the Achievement of Economic Growth Targets for Poverty Reduction, Unemployment and Handling Stunting and other regional problems.

This general stadium is held offline at the Jatinangor IPDN Campus and is followed online by prejas in all regional campuses. The Chancellor of IPDN said that this activity is expected to provide learning in the application of theory and practice to Praja.

"A Praja is required to be able to have a basic degree of government by strengthening the discipline of government science, both theoretical and empirical. We present implementers and policymakers so that praja will have knowledge and experience in dealing with public problems in the regions," he said in a media statement, Wednesday, March 8.