Overcoming Smallness, Makassar City Government Encourages Health Centers To Be Active

Candidates for nutrition assistants follow the selection stage to join the stunting management program in South Sulawesi. AMONG

MAKASSAR - Through the Health Office, the Makassar City Government (Pemkot) routinely monitors and encourages active health centers in preventing and overcoming stunting cases in the area. provide counseling," said Head of the Makassar City Health Office, Dr. Nursaidah Sirajuddin in Makassar quoted from a written statement quoted Monday, July 18. In this activity, the Makassar Health Office routinely invites the public, especially mothers, to pay attention to the nutritional intake of children. Parents are also required to be more sensitive and also understand the nutritional needs of the child, so that it is expected to support his growth. In addition to counseling and socialization, the Makassar Health Office routine program is also used to provide food and vitamin assistance for children who are categorized as stunted. "So we continue to make various efforts to deal with stunting. .Currently the stunting rate in Makassar continues to decline," he said.

Recruit village assistant nutritionists

Meanwhile, Acting Head of the South Sulawesi Health Office, Dr. Arman Bausat, his party is focusing on recruiting village nutritional assistants (TGPD) to prevent stunting in the area. This TGPD will later be involved in the Stop Stunting Action program implemented in 24 districts and cities where each Each district/city has 10 locus villages/kelurahan with a total of 240 villages/kelurahan." A total of 240 nutrition assistants were recruited. They will later work in one village, meaning there are 240 villages that become loci in 24 regencies/cities and will serve for approximately 7 months, namely until November and an evaluation will be carried out in December," he said.