Stunting Rate In High East Kalimantan, BKKBN Asks All Parties To Intersection

Children are being treated at the hospital (ANTARA)

SAMARINDA - The National Population and Family Planning Agency of East Kalimantan Province (BKKBN Kaltim) collaborated with a number of parties in an effort to reduce stunting rates, because currently the prevalence is quite high which reached 23.9 percent. "The stunting rate for East Kalimantan has increased by 1.1 percent from the previous year which was recorded at 22.8 percent, so efforts from various parties are needed to reduce, such as the collaboration we are doing today," said Head of the BKKBN Representative for East Kalimantan Province Sunarto as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 21. The party cooperating in collaboration in reducing stunting is from the National Zakat National Agency (Baznas) East Kalimantan, then from the Family Welfare Empowerment Team (TP PKK) of East Kalimantan Province. In this case, Baznas Kaltim distributes zakat for stunting handling facilitated by the East Kalimantan BKKKBN, while from PKK is a party that is ready to manage the budget from Baznas, because PKK has cadres to the village and sub-district levels. In the meeting it was agreed, as many as 400 families risk stunting spread across districts/cities in East Kalimantan will obtain additional nutritious food periodically, especially for underprivileged families and poor families. While the following nutritious additional food processing process is likely to be additional vitamin administration, it will be carried out by the TP PKKK together with the Family Assistance Team assisted by BKKBN spread across villages/kelurahan. Sunarto expressed his gratitude to Baznas East Kalimantim because he has been concerned about stunting handling, as it is proven today that he is committed to fostering for stunting stunting children as well as for stunting families who are at risk of stunting, namely through the provision of periodically nutritious additional food.

Considering that Baznas is committed to providing additional food through nutritional intake managed by the team, the East Kalimantan BKKBN will give awards to officers in the field, especially for mothers who cook and who help other things. "We will set aside a budget for awards for officers in the field who have worked to prepare nutritious food. Of course, there can't be much because we will set aside from various activities. The name is certainly not an honorarium, but the award we give per package, maybe we will give it every three months," he said.