Presenting The BAAS Program, The North Maluku BKKBN Shocked The Team To The 3T Region To Accelerate Stunting Reduction

The inauguration of the Regent of Talibu Island, Aliong Mus in the program of Mr. Asuh Anak Stunting. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

TERNATER - The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) of North Maluku (Malut) has prepared a team to accelerate stunting reduction or dwarf toddlers in order to achieve the target of reducing prevalence by 14 percent in 2024. Especially in the Outermost, Outermost and Disadvantaged (3T) areas.

"Currently, the team has been deployed to the 3T Malut area, such as on Taliabu Island, to carry out a stunting reduction program involving figures from both the Government/Sipil and TNI institutions through the program of Mr. Asuh Anak Stunting," said Head of the North Maluku Province BKKBN Representative Office, Renta Rego, quoted by Antara, Sunday, October 23.

The program of Mr. Asuh Anak Stunting (BAAS) is a mutual cooperation movement of all elements of the nation in accelerating the reduction in stunting which targets families at risk of stunting down to the village level.

In addition, based on the Survey of Indonesian Nutrition Studies, the prevalence of Balita Stunted based on Regency/City in North Maluku Province in 2021, the district that contributed the highest Unted Toddlery Prevalence in North Maluku Province was Talibu Island Regency, which was 35.2 percent.

Talibu Island Regency is included in the 3T area, which has different characteristics of the Topography region between hilly areas and coastal areas and from topographic aspects, in principle, there are no limiting factors for the development of this region, but in terms of sanitation development, the slope and height of the sea surface greatly affect technology options that will be developed in the development of sanitation infrastructure.

The head of the BKKBN said, based on data from the Central Statistics Agency of North Maluku Province, the Poverty Severity Index for Talibu Island was 16 percent and decreased by 10 percent in 2021 with a population projection in 2021 of 58,744 people.

So from the number of families of 14,638 families, with the number of targeted families as many as 10,582 families, the family category with the potential for stunting risk is 9,654 families, or it can be said that the family presentation has the potential for stunting risk to the number of targeted families of 92,13 percent.

Therefore, said Renta, the father's program is expected to reduce the Risk of Stunting Toddlers in Talibu Island Regency, by inaugurating 61 Fathers of Stunting Child Care starting 10 people from the DPRD and the Chair of the Faction, 43 people from the Regional Government and 8 sub-district heads with a total of 290 Asuh Children.

Meanwhile, the Regent of Talibu Island, Aliong Mus said, the inauguration of BAAS is a form of commitment from the Regional Government in the context of efforts to accelerate the reduction of Stunting on Taliabu Island as well as an active step by the regional government to support the National Priority Program to create Indonesia's Golden Generation in 2030 in facing the Demographic Bonus in Indonesia.

The Regent said that Talibu Island Regency is the furthest and outermost regencies, and is also a Priority Region for the North Maluku BKKBN in conducting Interventions of the Proud Kencana Program and the National Priority Program for Accelerating Stunting Reduction due to the very high prevalence of Stunting in this district.