5 Regions In South Sumatra High Case Stunting, Governor Asks Regent For Attention

Giving healthy food and polio vaccine for children under five in Biak is done by Bunda PAUD Biak. (ANTARA)

South Sumatra (Sumsel) Governor Herman Deru said five regions had high stunting prevalence. He also specifically asked city regents to seriously take efforts to suppress the prevalence of stunting cases in their respective regions. Governor Herman Deru in Palembang, Wednesday, said that in general, South Sumatra experienced a significant decrease in the prevalence of stunting cases this year. Based on a report from the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) The prevalence of stunting in South Sumatra this year fell to 6.2 percent, from 24.8 percent in 2022 to 18.6 percent. However, he said, behind this achievement, there are five of the 17 districts and cities with stunting prevalence recorded still above 20 percent in the BKKBN report., and Musi Rawas Utara 20.2 percent. I ask "The government in the five districts is to be more serious about taking action and optimizing in reducing stunting rates in their regions," he said. For this reason, the South Sumatra Provincial Government will immediately check what problems the district-city governments face in overcoming stunting. Because, according to him, almost all regions have experienced a decrease in stunting rates. For example, infrastructure access and information are one of the problems, therefore we will focus more on the information. Then "How about education, socialization of prevention and handling stunting to the community, especially pregnant women and our children cross-check (cross-check) together," he said. The main capital is maintaining the consistency of multi-party collaboration that has been going well so far. Head of the South Sumatra Province BKKBN Medi Heryanto said "The commitment of district and city governments has a big impact on efforts to reduce stunting. "All governments must implement stunting reduction indicators according to presidential regulations," he said.. This is not only a problem of nutrition, but also because of stunting. "Regarding the level of intelligence and public health," he said.