Regarding Stunting Handling, The Head Of BKKBN Asks For West Java And East Java With Central Java

Illustration - A number of students showed posters of the Indonesian Children's Marriage Stop Movement (ANTARA) campaign

Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) Hasto Wardoyo asked local governments to replicate tengkes or stunting handling programs that have been carried out by the Central Java Provincial Government (Central Java).

Hasto revealed that currently Central Java report cards are related to maternal mortality rates (AKI), infant mortality rates (AKB), and toddler mortality rates (AKBa), including early marriages, lower than West Java and East Java. So 'Jo Kawin Boy', the program of Mr. Ganjar (Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo) is extraordinary because this Java island is the least married to children in Central Java for large provinces, he said at the Regional Working Meeting with the title 'Program Proud of Kencana and Accelerating Stunting Reduction in Central Java' in Semarang, Monday, February 13, was confiscated by Antara. Hasto explained that the gestation rate at the age of 15-19 years in Central Java was 23 per thousand or lower when compared to West Java, which was 24 per thousand, while in East Java there were 31 per thousand. He appreciated Ganjar Pranowo's seriousness in dealing with tengkes through various programs that linearly with efforts to suppress tengkes, as well as can be imitated by other regions. Hasto also praised Central Java's program 'Gayeng Nginceng Wong Meteng (5Ng)' which has proven successful in reducing the number of AKI in Central Java and lower than West Java and East Java. The death rate of the baby is also good, 12 per thousand and the mortality rate of his toddler is also Central Java, there are 14 per thousand. This is the achievement of Jatenhlg, I think it is felt that the number of people who died has also decreased," he said.

Based on SSGI data, currently the decline in tengkes in Central Java has not been significant. "But don't worry because the other indicators are good. I'm optimistic that in the last 2023 we will pray that Central Java will stunt significantly," he added.

Ganjar emphasized that in overcoming tengkes, it should not be half-hearted, especially since the Special Allocation Fund for handling it has been handed over to local governments. "Now optimizing, taking advantage, absorbing quickly, everyone knows the theory, technically all of them already know. I just emphasize, to friends from regencies/cities, good practices in several districts can be imitated and shared," he said. The former member of the DPR said that in several areas, such as in Brebes Regency, in Banyumas Raya, namely Cilacap and Kebumen, the handling was the same as the issue of poverty.

Ganjar said that the handling of tengkes would be combined with poverty alleviation programs.

"This is our concern and this is limited by the poverty rate as well, so we will make it a joint program that we will also evaluate together," he said.